Constantly overshooting gravity

[petep1980]

I have been using a SG yield of 1.044 per pounds of DME lately and I continually keep going much higher. Today I had 5.5#s go into 5.5 gallon, and it came it at 1.050. I know that's an easy adjust, but has anyone else been having this issue?

 

[malkore]

Malt extract always gives a known gravity per pound of extract per gallon of water.

If you are overshooting gravity with extract, there's only 3 possible reasons:

1. used too much extract (check your scale)
2. used too little water (check your volume measurements)
3. if you're doing a partial boil and then topping of to 5.5 gallons, the water isn't fully mixed into the wort, giving an inaccurate reading.

Now, there could be a 4th reason and that'd be that the malt extract isn't following the rules for how many points of gravity it contributes, but I doubt that's it.

 

[petep1980]

3. if you're doing a partial boil and then topping of to 5.5 gallons, the water isn't fully mixed into the wort, giving an inaccurate reading.

That has to be it. Thank you.

 

[Diablo]

Malt extract always gives a known gravity per pound of extract per gallon of water.

Does it not vary depending on the manufacturer? I consistently overshoot my OG by 2 to 3 points using my dry extract (Muntons)