Hey all, I'm fairly new to brewing, I just finished my second extract brew a week ago. The Recipe is as follows:
Boiled 4G for 60 Minutes, topped up to 5G in primary.
7lbs Pale LME
1lbs Cara-Pils
1lbs Crystal 10L
both steeped at 150 for 30 minutes.
0.75oz mt hood @ 60
0.75oz mt hood @ 20
0.5oz citra @ 5
Safale US-O5, rehydrated and pitched at 70~F
Now beersmith had my calculated OG at 1.048, but I came in at 1.066. That seems like quite a big jump from the calculated OG.
It started fermentation pretty quick, still has a healthy looking kraussen thats dropped a bit now that its been 7 days since pitching. I took a sample and hydrometer reading today and its at 1.03, which still seems high to me for after 7 days of fermentation. Any ideas why my numbers seem high? I tested my hydrometer with water and it read 1.000 so I dont know if it's out of whack or whats going on.
Boiled 4G for 60 Minutes, topped up to 5G in primary.
7lbs Pale LME
1lbs Cara-Pils
1lbs Crystal 10L
both steeped at 150 for 30 minutes.
0.75oz mt hood @ 60
0.75oz mt hood @ 20
0.5oz citra @ 5
Safale US-O5, rehydrated and pitched at 70~F
Now beersmith had my calculated OG at 1.048, but I came in at 1.066. That seems like quite a big jump from the calculated OG.
It started fermentation pretty quick, still has a healthy looking kraussen thats dropped a bit now that its been 7 days since pitching. I took a sample and hydrometer reading today and its at 1.03, which still seems high to me for after 7 days of fermentation. Any ideas why my numbers seem high? I tested my hydrometer with water and it read 1.000 so I dont know if it's out of whack or whats going on.