kerklein2

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I think I got way too much extract or grain in my recipe from AHS. I am doing their Cannonball Stout and I can't believe how far off my OG is. 1.150 is freakin high and I'm not sure I should pitch the yeast or pour out some and back fill with water.

What am I to do?

blowmax10

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have you calibrated you hydrometer? and make sure that your sample is the correct temp - let it cool before you take your reading

I hope your gravity is not that high - you could almost cut it into two batches. But if you over extracted that much I would thing you took a ton of tannins with it

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jamesnsw

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Are you sure you mixed the wort properly? Often, top-off water doesn't get mixed in completely, and so you can get really screwy readings. But that does seem really high. What was the recipe?

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kerklein2

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The mixing did it. At least mostly. After shaking it up it was 1.110. I'll take it. The recipe was AHS Cannonball Stout.

z987k

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you give us the amount of extract and total volume and we'll give you a S.G w/o a hydrometer.

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kerklein2

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Well the recipe called for 11 lbs dark liquid extract + 4.9lbs grains + .5lbs malto-dextrin. The volume is 5.25 gallons. The recipe says target is 1.100. After mixing it up I got 1.110.

z987k

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Did you mash or steep the grain?

... it appears you mashed, in which case there are way more factors and it's not as simple as you put x amount of sugar in X amount of water.

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