Hi All,
I'm fairly new to brewing and this is my first post on homebrewtalk. I have a partial mash pale ale and a dark ale under my belt, both with delicious results. Both came out with fairly low ABV (The dark ale was 3.38). I should also mention that I am not bottling, I go straight to the keg.
My most recent attempt is an IPA that I started on Sunday and I just moved it to the secondary. I am usiung the true brew IPA kit. The OG was 1.040 which seems low. I'm reading that IPAs generally have an OG of 1.050+. I just took another reading while moving the brew to the secondary and the gravity is at 1.012. I even added a bit of extra dextrose to make up for the alcohol that would be created during the bottling phase.
Does it seem too low? Should I try to fix my beer by adding more malt or sugar for the secondary fermentation?
I'm fairly new to brewing and this is my first post on homebrewtalk. I have a partial mash pale ale and a dark ale under my belt, both with delicious results. Both came out with fairly low ABV (The dark ale was 3.38). I should also mention that I am not bottling, I go straight to the keg.
My most recent attempt is an IPA that I started on Sunday and I just moved it to the secondary. I am usiung the true brew IPA kit. The OG was 1.040 which seems low. I'm reading that IPAs generally have an OG of 1.050+. I just took another reading while moving the brew to the secondary and the gravity is at 1.012. I even added a bit of extra dextrose to make up for the alcohol that would be created during the bottling phase.
Does it seem too low? Should I try to fix my beer by adding more malt or sugar for the secondary fermentation?