I brewed my first batch on March 24th. It has been in the primary ever since. I have an issue with my SG and I believe that it is because I didn't have a full 5 gal when I started. And advice would be greatly appreciated.
Racked to primary on the 24th OG was 1.064. High for the Autumn Amber Ale extract recipe I used. The info sheet says it should be between 1.042-1.046. I have two possible reasons for that. 1. I aerated with my kitchen sprayer to top it off and didn't give it a good stir after and 2. I noticed a day after it was in the primary that it was about a half gallon short. So I only had 4.5 gallons in my bucket. Could any of that caused me to have a high OG?
I checked my SG on Wednesday and it was 1.018 so I gave it a stir and left it sit until today.
Today(Friday) I checked my SG again and it still is 1.018. Recipe says it should be 1.010-1.012.
I plan on racking to a secondary today. Do I add the half gallon of water to try and even things out or just go with the higher SG and move on? Or do I add a bit more water to my priming mix to try and make up for it, or do nothing at all? I'm at a loss for ideas as to why my SG is still so high.
Racked to primary on the 24th OG was 1.064. High for the Autumn Amber Ale extract recipe I used. The info sheet says it should be between 1.042-1.046. I have two possible reasons for that. 1. I aerated with my kitchen sprayer to top it off and didn't give it a good stir after and 2. I noticed a day after it was in the primary that it was about a half gallon short. So I only had 4.5 gallons in my bucket. Could any of that caused me to have a high OG?
I checked my SG on Wednesday and it was 1.018 so I gave it a stir and left it sit until today.
Today(Friday) I checked my SG again and it still is 1.018. Recipe says it should be 1.010-1.012.
I plan on racking to a secondary today. Do I add the half gallon of water to try and even things out or just go with the higher SG and move on? Or do I add a bit more water to my priming mix to try and make up for it, or do nothing at all? I'm at a loss for ideas as to why my SG is still so high.