Dinklefwat
Active Member
I was brewing an amber ale last weekend, and ended up adding too much top off water to my primary, due to a silly miscalculation. (I didn't realize my error until yesterday.) I ended up with about 3/4 of a gallon more than I had planned for. My original hydrometer reading was about 1.041 (the expected value based on the recipe was 1.050). It's been in the primary since Saturday. I checked the fermentation yesterday and got a reading of 1.017 (expected FG is 1.015). The hydrometer sample tasted fine, except somewhat watered-down. I realize that the hydro sample isn't a very good indication of the final taste of the beer, but I was wondering if there was anything I could/should do at this point to give the beer more body, or whether I should just leave it alone and bottle it in another 2 - 3 weeks, and hope it doesn't turn out watery. Thanks!