I have a 10 gallon batch of american light fermenting that is to watered down im curiuos about the steps i should take to make it stronger
^^ he's always right..
the og was 1.020 not enough so i was thinking i would put some wort in the fermentor right now of a new batch to get the gravity up.
or should i do a secondary with the new wort
the og was 1.020 not enough so i was thinking i would put some wort in the fermentor right now of a new batch to get the gravity up.
the og was 1.020 not enough so i was thinking i would put some wort in the fermentor right now of a new batch to get the gravity up.
Revvy said:What's the real recipe...NOT your gravity reading.....Did you really intentionally choose a recipe with an OG ov 1.020? I've never seen a recipe that low...or did your hydrometer tell you it was 1.020????
It's a pretty common issue for ANYONE topping off with water in the fermenter (and that includes partial mashes, extract or all grain revcipes) to have an error in reading the OG...In fact, it is actually nearly impossible to mix the wort and the top off water in a way to get an accurate OG reading...
Brewers get a low reading if they get more of the top off water than the wort, conversely they get a higher number if they grabbed more of the extract than the top off water in their sample.
When I am doing an extract with grain recipe I make sure to stir for a minimum of 5 minutes (whipping up a froth to aerate as well) before I draw a grav sample and pitch my yeast....It really is an effort to integrate the wort with the top off water...This is a fairly common new brewer issue we get on here...unless you under or over topped off or the final volume for the kit was 5 gallons and you topped off to 5.5, then the issue, sorry to say, is "operator error"
If your target volume was correct, then it will be fine.
More than likely your true OG is really what it's supposed to be. And it will mix itself fine during fermentation.
Again it's another common mistake...You won't find many folks on here advocating adding anything more to your beer at this stage.....A beer recipe is about balance...if you added more sugars you're gonna through off the balance between malt and hops that this recipe was setup for. You can't just toss stuff together willy nilly and expect it to turn out.
That's why we advocate not trying to "fix" something at this stage...and seening the beer through...But again I'm wondering if your recipe truly was 1.020 or you think it is...and that you're blaming your thinness on it not being carbed...
We see stuff like this everyday from new brewers. And rarely is it what YOU think it is....
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