red96jeep

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I am very confident in all of my measurements, this system has been benchmarked and brewed on enough times now that i feel they are all correct. Also all samples were taken after the wort/beer had been cooled to room temps. I added the liquid beet sugar at the 15 min mark during the boil. why exactly would this actually bring my gravity down?

Gartywood

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How do you prevent evaporation of your sample? It is possible that you started with a lower gravity sample and the evaporation increased the gravity if the original sample.

red96jeep

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are you referring to my pre boil sample? if so, evaporation is a non issue because the wort is only heated to 170* F so no evaporation would be taking place.

Gartywood

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Water and wort will evaporate at room temp depending on relative humidity of the surrounding air. If you're leaving your 170 degree sample out in an open container for 15 minutes to cool your getting evaporation which will increase the SG of the sample. You'd have to evaporate a lot to make a big increase in gravity but it's one possible factor. Try covering your preboil sample with Saran wrap while it cools to keep all the liquid in.

Edit: damn you autocorrect

GuldTuborg

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Because you're adding a 1.033 gravity liquid to a liquid with greater than 1.033 gravity.

Edit: OK kids, here's where we learn about reading comprehension. OP didn't add a 1.033 SG liquid to his wort, he added a liquid measured at at 1.033 ppg (adding roughly what your typical LME adds to a gallon of water). Disregard the above statement.

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