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I brewed a Bohemian Pilsner on 12/30. Did my first ever single decotion mash. My grain bill was 10lbs German Pils and 1lb carapils. Yeast was a 1.5L starter of Wyeast 2124 Bohemian Lager.
Brew day was good. Had a few issues hitting my mash temps, but not too bad, wound up at about 150. Original gravity into the fermenter was 1.058.
My issue is after 2 weeks in the primary at 55F, my gravity is now at 1.004. At least that is what my refractometer and beersmith correction are telling me. I did not check it with a hydrometer. I crossed checked a few previous brews, and the beersmith correction and hydrometer always matched, so i stopped checking with both.
Since the gravity is now 1.004, i am way below what the style calls for. Not that i'm overly concerned with style, but i always seem to have this problem where my yeast over attenuates. It does not seem to matter what yeast I use. I have had over attenuation with other wyeast blends as well as S0-4 and S0-5.
Does anyone else have this "problem"? Is there anything i can do differently? Or am i doing something wrong?
Brew day was good. Had a few issues hitting my mash temps, but not too bad, wound up at about 150. Original gravity into the fermenter was 1.058.
My issue is after 2 weeks in the primary at 55F, my gravity is now at 1.004. At least that is what my refractometer and beersmith correction are telling me. I did not check it with a hydrometer. I crossed checked a few previous brews, and the beersmith correction and hydrometer always matched, so i stopped checking with both.
Since the gravity is now 1.004, i am way below what the style calls for. Not that i'm overly concerned with style, but i always seem to have this problem where my yeast over attenuates. It does not seem to matter what yeast I use. I have had over attenuation with other wyeast blends as well as S0-4 and S0-5.
Does anyone else have this "problem"? Is there anything i can do differently? Or am i doing something wrong?