Today I racked the oddball lager from primary to secondary and added some Galena hops to the secondary for dry hopping. The color is still a little dark but I have measured the current gravity and it falls pretty close to the expected zone. 1.01 SG to be exact which is actually a little low. The Galena are the "wrong" variety for the dry hop. It should be Crystal but I had the Galena pellets so, whatever.
Tasting the beer as it is at the moment it's actually close to what I was trying to get flavor wise. Don't get me wrong, it's no Kloster Kreuzburg. It could be more bitter. Not much more but I didn't do any calculations to bump up the volume of hops called for despite a lower listed AA% than called for by the recipe so it's expected to be low. So it's a little malty perhaps but otherwise, the general flavor is pretty close. The color is still off but now I am beginning to be pretty certain that it is from scorching. The difference between the measured O.G. and the current gravity suggests that there is 10% ABV. Not a chance. It's lower than that to be sure. Unfortunately the flaw in my measurements makes it impossible for me to know what the apparent attenuation really is. Bummer.
I would guess that if I can get enough carbonation into this one it's going to be a pretty good beer despite the flaws along the way. Fortunately that encourages me instead of making me second guess everything in my system.
Part of the fun of home brewing I guess.
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