the7yearplan
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I made a very simple wheat beer this weekend that I am going to rack onto watermelon for secondary. Here is the recipe:
3 lbs Golden Light DME
3 lbs Bavarian Wheat DME
1 oz of Liberty (3.9%)
2 vials of WLP320 (I didn't have time to make a starter)
With a planned 5 gallon batch I should of had a 1.050 OG but I started with 7gal of water instead of 6 because I wasn't playing attention/I used a new brew kettle. It was simple mistake and I didn't realize until I poured the wort in my fermenter and took a hydrometer sample that I had too much wort.
I poured out the extra gallon so I didn't have a blow out, aerated and pitched. I know it will be beer just with a lower ABV (4% instead of 5%) which is fine but I wanted to know if there was anything I could do to up the gravity. It is currently fermenting away at a pleasant 66F.
3 lbs Golden Light DME
3 lbs Bavarian Wheat DME
1 oz of Liberty (3.9%)
2 vials of WLP320 (I didn't have time to make a starter)
With a planned 5 gallon batch I should of had a 1.050 OG but I started with 7gal of water instead of 6 because I wasn't playing attention/I used a new brew kettle. It was simple mistake and I didn't realize until I poured the wort in my fermenter and took a hydrometer sample that I had too much wort.
I poured out the extra gallon so I didn't have a blow out, aerated and pitched. I know it will be beer just with a lower ABV (4% instead of 5%) which is fine but I wanted to know if there was anything I could do to up the gravity. It is currently fermenting away at a pleasant 66F.