Low OG! What should I do (if anything)?

mezman · Feb 11, 2006

Hi everyone. I just finished brewing an Irish Red for St. Paddies Day. Unfortunatly when it was all said and done, I only measured an OG of 1.032 and the recipe said that it should be 1.055. Seems awfully low. I have not pitched the yeast yet. Is the wort still salvageable? Should I toss it?

This is my first specialty grain recipe. Could it have relied on more sugar from the grains?

Chairman Cheyco · Feb 11, 2006

Throw a kg of light DME in to it, after boiling in a liter of water and cooling.

Sasquatch · Feb 11, 2006

That's Cheyco's solution to any homebrewing problem.

Darth Konvel · Feb 11, 2006

Did you stir or agitate the wort in the carboy before taking a sample?

Dark_Ale · Feb 11, 2006

are you sure you dont have more than 5 gallons?

Chairman Cheyco · Feb 11, 2006

Sasquatch said:
That's Cheyco's solution to any homebrewing problem.

Bad Sasquatch! Go lie-down!

Beermaker · Feb 12, 2006

Keep boiling it down, and continue to replace volume with a slow sparge from the grain.

mezman · Feb 13, 2006

Thanks for all you suggestions. After monkeying around in the kitchen for a while I gave up as the cluster that the brew was turning into got bigger and bigger. So I tossed it and started over on Sunday and it went much better. I don't know what I did wrong the first time, but I seem to have gotten it right the second time.

Anyhow, thanks for the help.

BrewBrothaRick · Feb 14, 2006

Sorry to hear about your loss.

sheephrdr · Feb 19, 2006

would airating the wort before change the OG reading?

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