Too much water?

Smegger · Post by **Smegger** » Monday Feb 19, 2007 1:55 pm

Hi folks,

I've just put on my third home-brew (and am loving it so far), but have mistakingly added 24 litres of water (the beer is a Coopers Canadian Blonde). Obviously, this wort kit is only for 23. Will this be OK? What kind of thing should I expect.. with 1kg of BE1, will it just be slightly less strong (both alcohol percentage and flavour)? Have I condemned this brew to the garden?

Note: Tried to search for this question, but didn't have much luck. Apologies if it's a common question.

Cheers,

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Monday Feb 19, 2007 1:59 pm

It will be less strong and less flavourful, but overall it won't affect the outcome very much

Smegger · Post by **Smegger** » Monday Feb 19, 2007 2:02 pm

Ah, just the reply I was looking for

l'orange · Post by **l'orange** » Monday Feb 19, 2007 5:51 pm

yeah, an extra 1l is roughly 4%, so in reality your beer is just going to be 4% worse... which is almost nothing!

So really, it wont make much of a difference at all except you can now classify it as a light beer and drink more!

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Monday Feb 19, 2007 6:16 pm

Yep a little less body and alc% but overall it will taste much the same, just for future reference if the kit says 23L then drop to 22 or even 21 for a better tasting fuller body beer

Smegger · Post by **Smegger** » Monday Feb 19, 2007 6:28 pm

lethaldog wrote:Yep a little less body and alc% but overall it will taste much the same, just for future reference if the kit says 23L then drop to 22 or even 21 for a better tasting fuller body beer

That's a good tip, and something I've been considering after the past couple of brews. Will give it a go for my next brew!