Good Morning,
Stay warm if you're in New England today...
I brewed a 2.5 gallon IPA last night, only my second brew (first non-kit brew). Here was my recipe:
4lbs Briess Light Golden Malt
0.5lbs Crystal 15
0.5lbs Corn Sugar
0.25 Magnum 45min
0.25 Cascade 30min
0.50 Citra 15min
0.50 Citra 10min
0.50 Citra 5min
0.50 Citra 0min
Safale US-05 American Yeast
Boil Volume: 3 gallons
Batch Size: About 2.5
I was expecting my OG to be around 1.06/1.07 or so, based on a few calculators that I used online. However, when I took my OG reading my jaw dropped...1.09
Is this beer doomed? Should I ferment longer than the anticipated 2 weeks primary, 1 week dry hop, then bottle? I don't want to take too many hydrometer readings because it is fermenting in a 5 gallon bucket so that is a lot of head space, so I want to try to get a good idea of when I should start taking readings.
...Whoops...I guess 4 lbs was too much?...
Side note: anyone know how to insert a picture? I added the pic of my hydrometer reading as an attachment, not sure if that works or not.
Thanks for any help!
Stay warm if you're in New England today...
I brewed a 2.5 gallon IPA last night, only my second brew (first non-kit brew). Here was my recipe:
4lbs Briess Light Golden Malt
0.5lbs Crystal 15
0.5lbs Corn Sugar
0.25 Magnum 45min
0.25 Cascade 30min
0.50 Citra 15min
0.50 Citra 10min
0.50 Citra 5min
0.50 Citra 0min
Safale US-05 American Yeast
Boil Volume: 3 gallons
Batch Size: About 2.5
I was expecting my OG to be around 1.06/1.07 or so, based on a few calculators that I used online. However, when I took my OG reading my jaw dropped...1.09
Is this beer doomed? Should I ferment longer than the anticipated 2 weeks primary, 1 week dry hop, then bottle? I don't want to take too many hydrometer readings because it is fermenting in a 5 gallon bucket so that is a lot of head space, so I want to try to get a good idea of when I should start taking readings.
...Whoops...I guess 4 lbs was too much?...
Side note: anyone know how to insert a picture? I added the pic of my hydrometer reading as an attachment, not sure if that works or not.
Thanks for any help!