estimating OG

newbrewr4fun · 09-11-2009, 07:36 AM

I brewed a Belgian ale almost 2 weeks ago. I know from posting in other forums that I took a hydrometer reading that was inaccurate. I read 1.150. But bases on others opinions including my own I have decided that reading is false.

So based on this recipe I am trying to estimate my OG and ABV

7 lbs pale malt LME
1 lb pale DME
1 lb belgian candi sugar
.5lb Belgian caramunich
.5lb Belgian special B
.5lb Belgian CAV?? Can't recall this one exactly but those are the first three letters.

2 oz Northern Brewers at 60
2 oz Northern Brewers NZ at 5
Wyeast smack pack

By the way my gravity reading yesterday was 1.018. I am taking another one tomorrow and hopefully transferring to secondary. It has been fermenting now for 12 days.

I had the trial version of Beersmith but it has expired a long time ago. I am going to buy the full version but am waiting a little bit to make sure I have the extra funds. money is a little tight with all of the grain brewing equipment and kegging stuff I am trying to fund. So if anyone can give me a rough guess please. Thanks.

stevea1210 · 09-11-2009, 10:45 AM

I ran it into beersmith and came up with 1.064 for an og. Was the malt you couldn't remember Caravienne Malt?

I agree that 1.150 is an inaccurate reading. your wort probably wasn't mixed completely with the top off water.

jcarson83 · 09-11-2009, 10:53 AM

We need to know how many gallons you had if you remember.

newbrewr4fun · 09-11-2009, 07:45 PM

When I took a reading I had just topped of 3 gallons of wort. I hadn't areated yet. It was a 5 gallon batch.

stevea1210 · 09-12-2009, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jcarson83

We need to know how many gallons you had if you remember.

Oh yeah. My estimate was based on 5.25 gallons.