Recent content by thorners

FG ended at 1.013, giving the beer an abv of 0.43%, and meeting the definition of non alcoholic. Taste wise, I'm really pleased with this, much more body than I was expecting that must be a combination of the cold mash and the higher temp of the warm mash. Next time will increase amount of...

Thought I’d also provide an update on my latest attempt to brew a sub 0.5% beer. My previous attempt involved mashing a small amount of grain at over 70 degrees, and while I had high hopes the beer got infected with DMS and it thoroughly pee-ed me off. Anyway, a few months later and I’m having...

Forgot to mention that I mashed at 75 degrees. Finished at 1.009 giving 0.8% Anyway after a week carbonating here's a pic: Unfortunately taste wise I'm getting a mouthful of cooked corn, the first time I've had DMS in a homebrew after 5 years all grain brewing. May have been the 25 min...

Recipe I went with: 11L mash 350g Rye Malt 175g Munich 175g Vienna 8g Yellow Sub @ flameout OG 1.015 Meant to pitch S-33 but pitched S-04 in error, oh well it'll be an interesting first attempt anyway. Dry hopped with 40g Yellow Sub (never tried this hop before, I'll post updates) Will...

Very interesting @foxy & @prog99 - will keep in mind for next low abv brew!

Hi Peebee, after years of following this forum I've created an account to hear whether you've progressed any further with your sub-1% brews? I'm planning my first very low ABV brew tomorrow, half size batch, aiming for 0.5% with rye, munich and vienna. I'll post an update in case anyone's...