slushy1975
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Hello all,
I'm a beginning all-grain brewer having climbed the ranks over two years from Mr. Beer through steeping, mini-mash, etc.
Anyway, on my first all-grain, my extraction efficiency was 49% (very low), my boil gravity was 1.028. After boiling and adding water to 5 gallons, the gravity (original gravity) registered 1.040 when I put the cork on the carboy. This didn't seem right to me.
I bottled today (five weeks later) and the Final Gravity is .994! That seems unrealistic and reflective I've, of course, made not only a very light beer (I sampled), but messed up my math calculations as well.
However, is it possible a beer could be that light? It's not what I shot for, but two cases will NOT be thrown away
I'm a beginning all-grain brewer having climbed the ranks over two years from Mr. Beer through steeping, mini-mash, etc.
Anyway, on my first all-grain, my extraction efficiency was 49% (very low), my boil gravity was 1.028. After boiling and adding water to 5 gallons, the gravity (original gravity) registered 1.040 when I put the cork on the carboy. This didn't seem right to me.
I bottled today (five weeks later) and the Final Gravity is .994! That seems unrealistic and reflective I've, of course, made not only a very light beer (I sampled), but messed up my math calculations as well.
However, is it possible a beer could be that light? It's not what I shot for, but two cases will NOT be thrown away