Odd Hiccup

The bewday went well, but there were a few little problems I will have to correct.

First, my Robust Porter experiment finished higher in gravity than I was expecting.  I was looking for a final gravity if 1.014, but ended up with 1.020.  It looks like i will need a more attenuative yeast for this beer. Maybe I should try a full packet of the US-04 as opposed the just a half.  Also, The Wheat experiment I did ended up at a lower gravity, so I had to boil off a significant amount to meet my original gravity reached with the award winning batch,

What I did, was bottle the porter as is, and try different carbonation levels by adding 3, 4, or 5 carb tabs to each bottle (two of each) to give me an idea of the best way to carbonate the experiment.  At the very least, I'll have an idea of that aspect of the beer.

Also, I boiled down the wheat to my expected original gravity, and started the boil time from there, adding the tettanger hops at 7 brix (1.028) and then .20 grams of crushed coriander at 10 minutes left in the boil.  What I ended up with was 3 quarts of the original,award winning recipe for the spice beer, and a full six pack of 16oz bottles of the base Robust Porter with differring levels of carbonation,

The yeast I pitched was more than was called for in the original beer, so I will have to see how this affects the final result.  I have a few weeks to wait to find out.  Meanwhile, there's only two weeks before i get to taste the Robust Porter.