jbsengineer
Well-Known Member
This hasn't happened to me before. With my new system (Kal Clone), I want to understand what could have happened before I do another batch.
Anyway, I follow Kal's Pale Ale clone which has a O.G. at 1.056 and F.G. of 1.010. After calibrating my hydrometer I found out I did hit my O.G. which was great (87% efficiency).
However, yesterday I racked to a secondary and the gravity was 1.009. Checked it a few times and it was a dead on 1.009. Today I see it is bubbling a little bit, so it's still working. I did my typical starter for a 6 gallon batch and used Wyeast 1056.
My mash temp was 152. It was 152 for 75 minutes of the 90 minute mash (once the temp hit 152 after grain was added to the water).
I know I'm not far off, but I'm concerned I might end up with 4 or 5 points under my F.G.
Thoughts?
Anyway, I follow Kal's Pale Ale clone which has a O.G. at 1.056 and F.G. of 1.010. After calibrating my hydrometer I found out I did hit my O.G. which was great (87% efficiency).
However, yesterday I racked to a secondary and the gravity was 1.009. Checked it a few times and it was a dead on 1.009. Today I see it is bubbling a little bit, so it's still working. I did my typical starter for a 6 gallon batch and used Wyeast 1056.
My mash temp was 152. It was 152 for 75 minutes of the 90 minute mash (once the temp hit 152 after grain was added to the water).
I know I'm not far off, but I'm concerned I might end up with 4 or 5 points under my F.G.
Thoughts?
Did you temp correct your hydrometer reading?
