dummkauf
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ok, batch number 4 is in primary, a wildflower wheat, and the brew night went very smoothly, except for the fact that I forgot to take my OG before pitching my yeast. I shook the carboy to aerate, pitched yeast, shook a couple more times, and then moved to my closet. As I was getting ready to put the blowoff tube into the carboy, I realized that I did not take a gravity reading!!! so I dropped my wine thief in the bucket of star-san that my blowoff tube end was about to go into, and stole a sample. OG is 1.057 and BeerSmith predicted an OG of 1.056, so I'm thinking the pitching before taking a gravity reading isn't a big deal.
Everything I've read has always said to take the OG before pitching, but since beersmith perfectly predicted my OG, is this really that big of a deal and is my OG reading off?
Figures that this is also the first brew I've made where I've had homebrew to enjoy while brewing it
Everything I've read has always said to take the OG before pitching, but since beersmith perfectly predicted my OG, is this really that big of a deal and is my OG reading off?
Figures that this is also the first brew I've made where I've had homebrew to enjoy while brewing it