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08-02-2007, 10:40 PM
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The perils of switching LHBS
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Since 3b took over a LHBS and had a grand opening sale (15% off) I decided to get my goddies from them for my most recent batch of beer. The first thing that I noticed is that they crushed my grain way too fine. When I put the grain in the bag for steeping, about half of it went through... yeah, it looked like flour. Anyway, long story short.... the recipe that normally makes a nice APA at an OG of about 1.055-59 with the stuff from my usual guy ended up at a whopping 1.080! This recipe usually finishes around 1.008, if that happens, I'll have a very alcoholic beer! I was thinking of doing another batch of it but cutting back on the LME and then blending the two. Any suggestions?
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08-02-2007, 10:46 PM
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My suggestion is to consider yourself lucky!!!!
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08-02-2007, 10:48 PM
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How much grain was it? Mini mash or just steeping?
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08-02-2007, 10:52 PM
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.5 lb steeped of each crystal 15 & 40. I think the LME might have been a little more fermentable too, being a different brand.
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08-02-2007, 11:03 PM
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I think your OG reading might have been off. 1 lb of crystal will only raise your OG by ~7 points and that mashing with 100% efficiency. The brand/type of LME might do it, but that seems like a lot. What is the brand? You might be able to find the exact ppg for the extract and calculate out what the OG should be from that.
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08-02-2007, 11:09 PM
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You can always dilute with water either before or after fermentation. Welcome to high gravity brewing! 
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08-03-2007, 03:08 AM
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I am with the "There is NO WAY that 1 lb of crystal could change your OG that much no matter HOW fine it was crushed" mentality. It has got to either be
*Put too much extract in
*Extract was really A LOT more potent than what you normally use (doubt it)
*just got a sample for your Hydro that had more sugar in it and was not a good basis for a sample
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08-03-2007, 03:26 AM
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i'm gonna go with bad reading...possibly took it before topping off?
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08-03-2007, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Drunkensatyr
I am with the "There is NO WAY that 1 lb of crystal could change your OG that much no matter HOW fine it was crushed" mentality.
*just got a sample for your Hydro that had more sugar in it and was not a good basis for a sample
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Yup to both of these.
No way the crystal made the gravity jump like that.
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08-03-2007, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by DeathBrewer
i'm gonna go with bad reading...possibly took it before topping off?
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Possibly. Then again, how many homebrews had you consumed before you took the reading? 
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