I calculated it with Beersmith. For 5 gallons, the og would be 1.063, sorry. I used 5 gallons before. For 5.5 gallons, the og would be 1.057. For 4.5 gallons, 1.070.For 4 gallons, 1.078.
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On promash i'm getting:
5.5 gallons: 1.066
5 gallons: 1.072
Did you do a full boil or partial... if you did a partial boil make sure the wort and the added water is thoroughly mixed you could be getting straight wort without the dilution of the added water...
Did you make sure NOT to add your priming sugar too...
Maybe I only did put 5 gal of water in. I have a piece of tape on the carboy to designate 5.25 gal. The level of the wort with the hops and everything in the carboy is .75 inches above that tape. I assumed that was enough to make it 5.5 gal. But i didn't take into consideration that as the hops and such. Now the stuff on the bottom is taking up more like an inch or more space. I usually strain that stuff out but i'm making an IPA so i thought it would be good to keep them in. It's already starting to ferment so I'm not sure if taking a reading now would do any good.
SHould i add a half gallon of water? Or leave it alone? What would be better too concentrated or too diluted?
Leave it alone- it'll still be beer. I'm still convinced that your og is wrong. No way an extract brew can miss by more than a couple of points. Your beer will be fine and it knows what to do.
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Leave it alone- it'll still be beer. I'm still convinced that your og is wrong. No way an extract brew can miss by more than a couple of points. Your beer will be fine and it knows what to do.
I agree with this being an extract brew it is most likely a bad reading so there isn't much point in basing corrective action on it.
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