Hey,
I friend of mine sent me this issue.
"I'm a pure extract brewer at this time. I feel that I have been highly successful (tasty end product) with the Brewers Best and Northern Brewer kits. However, I'm puzzled that I cannot seem to achieve the specified OG values. I just brewed a BB Imperial Pale Ale. Should have seen 1.081 - 1.084. All I could achieve was 1.065. I did everything per the book and no boil over. As I was toping off to reach 5 gal, I was taking readings. I had about 1.070 when about a quart shy of 5 gal. I seem to be consistently low on OG. I checked my hydrometer in tap water and get 1.000. What gives? (all values corrected to 60F)"
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Tim
I friend of mine sent me this issue.
"I'm a pure extract brewer at this time. I feel that I have been highly successful (tasty end product) with the Brewers Best and Northern Brewer kits. However, I'm puzzled that I cannot seem to achieve the specified OG values. I just brewed a BB Imperial Pale Ale. Should have seen 1.081 - 1.084. All I could achieve was 1.065. I did everything per the book and no boil over. As I was toping off to reach 5 gal, I was taking readings. I had about 1.070 when about a quart shy of 5 gal. I seem to be consistently low on OG. I checked my hydrometer in tap water and get 1.000. What gives? (all values corrected to 60F)"
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Tim