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jmh286 said:

So I'm on vacation for a while and decided to brew a Hefeweizen for a buddy's wedding tonight. For sure indulged in some homebrew while brewing. Well I wasn't sure things were going to go well because I miscalculated my mash volume and ended up with too much water for my grain.... Anyway figured that crap out and ended up with a pre-boil SG of 1.052 . Was a little higher than I expected. No big deal. Anyway, I end up talking to my neighbor during the boil and find out that her husband is interested in homebrew and was about to start making wine. . So beer has found me friends... Anyways, after boil ended up with 1.063 so should be a pretty strong Hefe. Sounds good to me. /End drunken rant.

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Tipharet said:

Yeah this same damn thing had been happening to me. My last red rye ipa was suppose to be only 1.060 but I hit 1.085. Not sure what's going on or if this is even a bad thing.

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jmh286 said:

So I'm on vacation for a while and decided to brew a Hefeweizen for a buddy's wedding tonight. For sure indulged in some homebrew while brewing. Well I wasn't sure things were going to go well because I miscalculated my mash volume and ended up with too much water for my grain.... Anyway figured that crap out and ended up with a pre-boil SG of 1.052 . Was a little higher than I expected. No big deal. Anyway, I end up talking to my neighbor during the boil and find out that her husband is interested in homebrew and was about to start making wine. . So beer has found me friends... Anyways, after boil ended up with 1.063 so should be a pretty strong Hefe. Sounds good to me. /End drunken rant.

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Tipharet said:

Yeah this same damn thing had been happening to me. My last red rye ipa was suppose to be only 1.060 but I hit 1.085. Not sure what's going on or if this is even a bad thing.

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jmh286 said:

So I'm on vacation for a while and decided to brew a Hefeweizen for a buddy's wedding tonight. For sure indulged in some homebrew while brewing. Well I wasn't sure things were going to go well because I miscalculated my mash volume and ended up with too much water for my grain.... Anyway figured that crap out and ended up with a pre-boil SG of 1.052 . Was a little higher than I expected. No big deal. Anyway, I end up talking to my neighbor during the boil and find out that her husband is interested in homebrew and was about to start making wine. . So beer has found me friends... Anyways, after boil ended up with 1.063 so should be a pretty strong Hefe. Sounds good to me. /End drunken rant.

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sk888smooth said:

Did you all have your wort warmer than 70F? Doesn't that cause the gravity to be a bit high? I've measured at 75-78F and it always seems to read higher with the increase in temps.

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