I brewed an all grain IPA a couple of days ago and was way off on my OG.
I ended up with 1.053 into the fermenter when it should be closer to 1.067.
I have seen discussions about this in the past about just leaving the beer be and dealing with the less alcohol but those only dealt with 4 or 5 OG discrepancy and there wasn't much talk of the bitterness profile.......
I have hopped this thing to around 84 IBU's which would balance out with a alcohol percentage of around 7% so i think i im in trouble since it looks like i will be closer to 5% on the alcohol content.
Any thoughts on adding about a pound or 2 of DME (boiled in as little water as possible) to the fermenter about 3-5 days into fermentation?
I don't expect to get up to 1.067 but if i can make up 1/2 the difference and come in around 6% ill be happy. (or any other sugar recommendations)
Thoughts - need to make a decision in the next couple of days as fermentation is under way.
I ended up with 1.053 into the fermenter when it should be closer to 1.067.
I have seen discussions about this in the past about just leaving the beer be and dealing with the less alcohol but those only dealt with 4 or 5 OG discrepancy and there wasn't much talk of the bitterness profile.......
I have hopped this thing to around 84 IBU's which would balance out with a alcohol percentage of around 7% so i think i im in trouble since it looks like i will be closer to 5% on the alcohol content.
Any thoughts on adding about a pound or 2 of DME (boiled in as little water as possible) to the fermenter about 3-5 days into fermentation?
I don't expect to get up to 1.067 but if i can make up 1/2 the difference and come in around 6% ill be happy. (or any other sugar recommendations)
Thoughts - need to make a decision in the next couple of days as fermentation is under way.