didn't top off wort enough

[johnnyt471]

So I was topping off the wort for an IPA before pitching, and the foam came up so much that I couldn't really tell how full the bucket was, so I stopped where it looked like 5 gallons.

Then a few weeks later I realize that the wort was only filled to ~4-4.5 gallons! How will this affect the taste?

 

[wetzie]

I have done this sevreal times until I got a measurig stick. The few that I did were fine, a little heavy but still very tasty.
You should be OK but when you bottle drop out some sugar for the lcak of beer.

 

[avidhomebrewer]

If you rack to secondary, you can top up at that point.

 

[lumpher]

and if you don't top, it'll be a heavier ipa

 

[TheDom]

Yeah, it'll just be a wee bit stronger on the alcohol and taste. Like someone else above said, make sure you adjust the sugar added at bottling time to correct for the lower volume.

 

[jfr1111]

Leave it be and enjoy as is.

 

[johnnyt471]

OK, so I guess my double IPA has become a triple IPA by mistake!

There are worse problems for a beer, I suppose.