Today I brewed a Midwest Belgian Wit extract recipe kit. It consisted of
6 lb. Wheat LME
1/2 lb. Carapils steeped for 30 mins at ~155
hops, coriander, orange peel, etc.
OG should be 1.042-1.046 but I just measured mine at 1.022!! What could have happened?? I don't think I added too much water. I am using a 6.5 gal carboy for the first time (used 5 gal previously) but I measured the water and have quite a bit of space in there, almost couldn't reach the wort with my turkey baster.
Even supposing I totally screwed up the steeping grains (which I don't think I did), I doubt they contribute that much sugar, would they?
Oh, here's one more hopefully important point: I took this OG reading a full 5 hours after combining water & wort in the carboy. Could it be that the heavy stuff settles out in the bottom and my pulling liquid from the very top (remember my baster just barely touched) took the thinnest stuff out and is not a true reading?
Thanks everyone.
6 lb. Wheat LME
1/2 lb. Carapils steeped for 30 mins at ~155
hops, coriander, orange peel, etc.
OG should be 1.042-1.046 but I just measured mine at 1.022!! What could have happened?? I don't think I added too much water. I am using a 6.5 gal carboy for the first time (used 5 gal previously) but I measured the water and have quite a bit of space in there, almost couldn't reach the wort with my turkey baster.
Even supposing I totally screwed up the steeping grains (which I don't think I did), I doubt they contribute that much sugar, would they?
Oh, here's one more hopefully important point: I took this OG reading a full 5 hours after combining water & wort in the carboy. Could it be that the heavy stuff settles out in the bottom and my pulling liquid from the very top (remember my baster just barely touched) took the thinnest stuff out and is not a true reading?
Thanks everyone.