Dan, Becka, and I bottled the K&B IPA, which we had allowed to ferment for a BBBCo record 4 weeks because there looked to be too much activity at the 2 week mark, and Dan and Jules were out of town during week 3.
The beer was a clone of King & Barnes IPA, which was originally made in the late 1800s in England and sent to troops in India. The IPA was brewed to a high gravity and hop rate to survive the voyage from the motherland. Once it arrived in India, it was diluted, and the degree of dilution depended on the rank of the enlisted soldier.
I don't think dilution will be necessary in our case. Our OG was 1.033, way less than the expected 1.054-1.055. It still dropped to 1.015 (expected 1.012-1.013), but because the OG was so low, we're concerned it's not going to be very alcoholic. ABV should be about 2.4%, well less than the expected 5%+.
We all three tasted it and it tasted ok. It will need to age for a while to get better, I am sure. When we checked out a few forums, most people that had a low OG had it because they forgot to put in enough DME or brewed in a 6 gallon bucket rather than 5G and put in too much water. We could not have had a problem with too much water, and we don't have any malt around the house, so we know that wasn't a problem. The mystery will be unsolved until we gas 10 of them and see how we fell. I will volunteer to be a test subject. Anyone else?
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