JuGordon
Well-Known Member
So, I brewed up my first "original" recipe yesterday, an APA. My expected OG was 1.051. Here are my fermentables:
6.6 LBS of Golden Light LME (Breiss)
1 LB of Crystal 40L (Breiss)
Now... I know that my beer cannot be 1.071, but I'm just a bit curious. I poured my wort into the fermenter and topped it off to a little over 5 gallons. I then aerated the crap out of that thing for about 5 minutes. I then took a sample for my OG and pitched my yeast.
I looked at my sample in the test tube and it was like 1.075. I figured it was some sediment in the wort and just waited for it to come out of solution. An hour later, it was 1.071. Two hours later, 1.071. Today before I left for work at 6:30pm, still 1.071. Could I have somehow gotten some wort that hadn't mixed with the water?
6.6 LBS of Golden Light LME (Breiss)
1 LB of Crystal 40L (Breiss)
Now... I know that my beer cannot be 1.071, but I'm just a bit curious. I poured my wort into the fermenter and topped it off to a little over 5 gallons. I then aerated the crap out of that thing for about 5 minutes. I then took a sample for my OG and pitched my yeast.
I looked at my sample in the test tube and it was like 1.075. I figured it was some sediment in the wort and just waited for it to come out of solution. An hour later, it was 1.071. Two hours later, 1.071. Today before I left for work at 6:30pm, still 1.071. Could I have somehow gotten some wort that hadn't mixed with the water?