Pitching on Yeast Cake - Approx. how much will this effect my OG reading?

Chello · 03-29-2008, 06:16 PM

So i'm pitching a Rye Pale ale on top of a IPA batch that used US-05 yeast. Considering i feel like i should have a pretty clean yeast cake with very little hop debris/cold break, how much do you think it would effect my OG reading?

I am only doing PM batches so i do use top off water thats why i cant just take a reading before going into my primary.

Would an +.01 be out of line? more or less?

**RichBrewer** · 03-29-2008, 06:23 PM

I think you can drain your wort into the fermenter, add the top off water, mix well, and get an accurate gravity reading. The yeast cake shouldn't affect it to much at all.