oops forgot to top up the primary!

RowleseyCraftFoods · Oct 4, 2012

so me and my friend were brewing an extract IPA and when it came time to strain it into primary, we filled it with quite a bit of water and then dumped the wert in. But we were in a bit of a hurry to go out so we forgot to top it up to the 5 gallon mark. maybe there was only like 4.2 gallons in there.
Its just gonna end up being stronger right?
any other possible effects?

lumpher · Oct 4, 2012

we've all ended up with less than hoped-for. it'll be a little stronger, maybe a little hoppier, but still almost the exact same beer

basilchef · Oct 4, 2012

yeah it will prob even tast better

RowleseyCraftFoods · Oct 5, 2012

right on dudes. brew calculator says 7.2% ABV, so not unreasonable by any means.
happy brewing.

brandonhagen1 · Oct 5, 2012

you brewed beer, thumbs up

oops forgot to top up the primary!

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