SewerRanger
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I tried to brew my first IPA today. I put 3.3lbs Liquid Amber Malt extract, 3.3lbs Liquid pale malt extract, and 1lb Dry malt extract into 2 gallons of water, boiled for an hour adding 5 oz of hops to it at various times (around 70 IBUs). I cooled it and added it to 70 degree water. The gravity reading was only 30. Anybody have any ideas as to what could have caused such a low gravity reading? I've made about 5 other beers and the gravity was always close to expected (usually 1 - 2 off). I'm not shooting for perfection but 20 - 30 units (what is a gravity unit?) off is awful. I put it in the primary with some yeast, just to see what I end up with. It took a couple of days but it looks like its doing something.