Austin_
Well-Known Member
Last night I tried my hand at making my first non-kit recipe. It's as follows:
3/4 lb Crystal 40L (steeped 30 min @ 165)
1/4 lb Crystal 20L (steeped 30 min @ 165)
3 lbs Amber LME (boiled for 60 min)
3.5 lbs Pale LME (added last 15 min)
1. oz Nugget (boiled for 60 min)
1. oz Glacier (boiled for 10 min)
White Labs 060 American Ale
The brew session went fine. The color came out more like a pale ale, but I'm guessing that next time I should use some darker speacialty grains. The big problem came when it was time to take the gravity reading at the end of the night. It came in at 1.032. I thought "well this can't be right." The hydrometer didn't have any bubbles on it and it was at 65 degrees when the reading was taken. Just to be sure I shook the carboy up and took another sample and I had the same hydro reading. My question is what are some of the explanations that could explain why the SG is actually that low or my hydrometer is off?
Either way I went ahead and poured in my starter. By the time I left for work this morning it was bubbling away nicely. Hopefully I won't end up with a 2-3% abv beer.
3/4 lb Crystal 40L (steeped 30 min @ 165)
1/4 lb Crystal 20L (steeped 30 min @ 165)
3 lbs Amber LME (boiled for 60 min)
3.5 lbs Pale LME (added last 15 min)
1. oz Nugget (boiled for 60 min)
1. oz Glacier (boiled for 10 min)
White Labs 060 American Ale
The brew session went fine. The color came out more like a pale ale, but I'm guessing that next time I should use some darker speacialty grains. The big problem came when it was time to take the gravity reading at the end of the night. It came in at 1.032. I thought "well this can't be right." The hydrometer didn't have any bubbles on it and it was at 65 degrees when the reading was taken. Just to be sure I shook the carboy up and took another sample and I had the same hydro reading. My question is what are some of the explanations that could explain why the SG is actually that low or my hydrometer is off?
Either way I went ahead and poured in my starter. By the time I left for work this morning it was bubbling away nicely. Hopefully I won't end up with a 2-3% abv beer.