slowspoke
Active Member
I bottled my first brew today and started my second. It is a Brewers Best Weizenbier. Followed directions (2 cans of wheat malt extract) and boiled 55 min with bittering hops and an additional 5 min with finishing hops. When I took my starting gravity reading it was 1.040, directions say 1.048-1.052. Why was the reading this low? My first brew (German Altbier) was within .002. It took 1 1/2 hours to cool the wort down to 70*F when the reading was taken. Could taking so long to cool be the cause?