woohoo! cheap beer!

Lol, actually #9 is the kind that I had!
I don't know, I really liked it. Oh well. At least we agree on the goodness of Fat Tire. :cheers2:

 

no offense, but you are using almost nothing except adjuncts, and you aren't even using ANY hops or even actual beer yeast. anti-clouding agents are unimportant and totally irrelevant to the conversation, as is your elevation.

the fact remains that given the ingredients listed and the incredibly short period of time you give it to ferment and condition, there is simply no way in hell that it is 15%ABV.

even using proper quantities of proper ingredients (such as MALT and ALCOHOL TOLERANT BEER YEAST) it takes a long time, usually a few months, to ferment a beer to such a high volume of alcohol.

not only is generic packaged cooking yeast not a prolific alcohol producer, but alcohol actually kills off yeast. brewing high-alcohol beers requires yeasts capable of surviving high-alcohol environments, and most cannot. this is why most varieties of beer are 3-6%ABV.

since you're pouring so much syrup into your wort (instead of malt) i would be willing to concede that for such a small volume as a 3 gallon batch you MIGHT be able to get it up to 6 or 7%ABV in about a month....but not 15% in a couple weeks. no way in hell.

so hey...how do you determine the alcohol content of your beer? because there is no reason to believe that it would be so strong. you haven't even claimed to measure it

 

#9 isn't bad, just not to my liking. and lots of people absolutely love the stuff, and any beer you enjoy is good beer

 

Ok I feel a bit better about it.