Hi guys... so we're still kind of newbies but we're trying some new things. I went to my local brew shop and bought a Irish stout kit, I told him we wanted to split it into 2- 2 1/2 half gallon batches and make a Holiday style stout out of the second batch. He gave me an extra pound of DME and we also got a pouch of omega ale yeast. AT 55 minutes we split the batch, finished the regular batch with half of the bittering hops , terminated the boil and put that into the ice bath, pitched with the dry yeast from the kit. That batch had an OG of 1.05
In the mean time we bought the second batch back to a boil added the extra DME and some spices in a bag. We probably boiled that for about another 30 minutes. Cooled it and that had an OG of 1.06. Pitched with the Omega and send both batches off to do their thing.
We went today to move them to the secondary. First batch had a SG of 1.012 and Tasted good. Now here's the weird thing ...The second batch is reading 1.020! Am I right in that this means it has less alcohol? which makes no sense! Or do you think that the second batch is still fermenting and we need to wait on it? And I'm not sure but also the package of yeast also seem to me to not puff out as much as we are used to.
Any input appreciated!!
In the mean time we bought the second batch back to a boil added the extra DME and some spices in a bag. We probably boiled that for about another 30 minutes. Cooled it and that had an OG of 1.06. Pitched with the Omega and send both batches off to do their thing.
We went today to move them to the secondary. First batch had a SG of 1.012 and Tasted good. Now here's the weird thing ...The second batch is reading 1.020! Am I right in that this means it has less alcohol? which makes no sense! Or do you think that the second batch is still fermenting and we need to wait on it? And I'm not sure but also the package of yeast also seem to me to not puff out as much as we are used to.
Any input appreciated!!