Octang
Well-Known Member
I made a 5 gallon batch of Pumpkin Ale today from a kit I got from AHS. Everthing went perfect except my Original Gravity reading was only 1.037 (recipe appx 1.052), which worries me bc I don't want an incredibly weak beer.
I did make some mistakes which will hopefully help you explain to me why I shouldn't worry...
I made a 1 liter starter out of LME that was for the recipe (I figured as long as I dumped my whole starter into the wort it wouldn't matter that I stole 1 cup of extract from the 7 pounds I was given for the brew) (I also assumed that this would have a negliable effect on O.G.)
I boiled 4 gallons of water and added an additional 1 1/2 gallons of water to the carboy giving me 5.5 gallons total. (recipe called for 5.25)
I forgot to take my hydrometer reading before I pitched my starter so I did so a few minutes later.
I am assuming if any of these mistakes/changes affected my OG it would be the first one. So please tell me that as long as I added the whole starter to my brew that I have nothing to worry about. I am really looking forward to serving this seasonal brew to friends and I would hate for their to be very little alcohol in it!
I did make some mistakes which will hopefully help you explain to me why I shouldn't worry...
I made a 1 liter starter out of LME that was for the recipe (I figured as long as I dumped my whole starter into the wort it wouldn't matter that I stole 1 cup of extract from the 7 pounds I was given for the brew) (I also assumed that this would have a negliable effect on O.G.)
I boiled 4 gallons of water and added an additional 1 1/2 gallons of water to the carboy giving me 5.5 gallons total. (recipe called for 5.25)
I forgot to take my hydrometer reading before I pitched my starter so I did so a few minutes later.
I am assuming if any of these mistakes/changes affected my OG it would be the first one. So please tell me that as long as I added the whole starter to my brew that I have nothing to worry about. I am really looking forward to serving this seasonal brew to friends and I would hate for their to be very little alcohol in it!