xbabyboy4021x
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i just brewed a Brewers Best "Classic English Pale Ale" kit last night and i came up with a lower SG than the instructions call for and was wondering if anybody knew why...the kit contains 3.3lbs of LME, 2 lbs of DME, 8oz of crushed crystal, 1oz kent golding bittering hops 2oz argentine cascade finishing hops, and 1oz glacier aroma hops, i also added 1tsp irish moss. i use an electric stove burner but i made sure to take it off the burner while adding all the LME and DME to avoid scorching and stirred a LOT, almost constantly throughout the whole brew process to minimize scorching. the kit says it should be 1.044-1.048 and i only came up with 1.038, i made sure i got it to exactly 5gal and stirred it really good once it was in the fermenter. i just got home and looked at the airlock after its now been sitting for about 30-32 hours and the airlock is only bubbling about 1 medium bubble every 10-20 sec or so, im not quite as concerned about the airlock activity as i am the low SG because i know airlock activity is not a good indicator of good fermentation