Ive brewed about 20 batches lifetime, and never experienced this problem. I have a completed batch of Ale I brewed from a Rogue Dead Guy kit. I used the kit as packaged, and followed the directions. The beer itself came out very good, its clear and has decent head retention. Its lighter on the hops that I usually like, but appropriate for the style.
*BUT* The original gravity was very low when fermentation started. The target for the kit is 1.067, but I started at 1.031 I was worried at the time, but this was the second time I brewed this kit, and the first batch had the correct original gravity so I dismissed it as a miscalabrated hydrometer, or wrong temperature, or poor mixing of additional water to the boiled wort. My batch size was 5 gal as usual, so no problem there.
The final gravity went down to 1.011 A little lower than the 1.017 target. But as I mentioned, the beer has a full mouthfeel, great clarity and all around I am happy with it. I drank 3 last night, but felt no effects from alcohol, just fullness.
So, any idea what happened? Is it possible that my kit was just short of extract, or could there be some defect with the extract not having the proper sugar level? Or did I not boil long enough?
*BUT* The original gravity was very low when fermentation started. The target for the kit is 1.067, but I started at 1.031 I was worried at the time, but this was the second time I brewed this kit, and the first batch had the correct original gravity so I dismissed it as a miscalabrated hydrometer, or wrong temperature, or poor mixing of additional water to the boiled wort. My batch size was 5 gal as usual, so no problem there.
The final gravity went down to 1.011 A little lower than the 1.017 target. But as I mentioned, the beer has a full mouthfeel, great clarity and all around I am happy with it. I drank 3 last night, but felt no effects from alcohol, just fullness.
So, any idea what happened? Is it possible that my kit was just short of extract, or could there be some defect with the extract not having the proper sugar level? Or did I not boil long enough?