aeviaanah

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My first 1 gallon batch was an all grain ipa, it came out awesome

My second batch was a 1 gal all grain american wheat, it came out watery

My third batch which i am doing now was a 5 gallon extract with partial grain...It was a 5 gallon kit but i ended up with 6 gallons. I think I may have diluted it too much...I started with too much starting water. Didn't lose as much as planned during the boil. I used calculators to figure starting boil which was 6.5 gal, possibly I need to boil more aggressively. OG came out 1.043 and Test1 gravity at 11 days is 1.014. Im going to give it a few days to finish up but another disappointment. Ill keep trying!!

BronxBrew

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In wood shop class. you can always cut off but never add on. Measure twice and cut once. your starting water and boil off is what killed you.

Kraghed

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For what it's worth I had this issue when i got started due to the burner I was using. It BARELY brought 5 gallons to a boil, I never really achieved a roiling boil. If you can't get a good aggressive boil with your current setup cut your initial volume a bit and you should be fine.

Once I built my system and upgraded the burners I realized what a REAL boil was

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It's only 11 days into fermentation and you're already calling it a disappointment? Give it a chance If it finishes at 1.014 it really shouldn't be "watery", that's a pretty good FG for a lot of styles. Won't have as much alcohol as planned, but at least let it finish fermenting, bottle it up, let it carbonate for 3 weeks, and give it a shot before you condemn it! Might turn out to be a nice session beer.

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I vote give it a chance and see what it does on its own. Beer loves us and wants to make us happy.
If after a couple couple weeks conditioning, it still seems "waterey", give it to those friends that ask "Yea, but can you brew a Bud?"

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You say your OG was 43, what was the recipe OG value?

Some recipes will give you an expected pre-boil gravity baed on batch size (all software-based recipes will) which is a very useful tool for getting the kettle volume correct.

It is also helpful to take the time near the end of your boil to do a gravity reading and see how it compares to your target. If you are low just keep boiling or add a bit more DME, if you are high, add some water and keep going.

EDIT: This is a little tricky if you are going partial boils...much easier with full boils.

Give that beer a chance, it is very early in its fermentation.

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How do you know it's "watery" is it finished? or is it still in the primary? From what i get from here, your only 2 weeks in, you still have at least 3 more to go. your OG and FG look fine should be right around 4%

aeviaanah

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Looks like everybody is giving the same consensus. I need to wait it out more. I cant seem to find the paper that showed final gravity estimation. I think it was 1.05 or so.

3 more weeks to go eh? I thought once fg stabilizes it was done. Are you referring to bottle conditioning time as well?