Hi all, first post here and questions about my first All Grain brew.
I just got done brewing my first all grain (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/honey-orange-hefeweizen-169857/) and I have a question about gravity changes during boil.
After taking the pre-boil gravity reading, I saw it was (what I thought) very low at 1.028 @ ~155*F (no temp correction). OG per the recipe is 1.045. I did some quick research, and saw suggestions to add about 1/4 lbs DME to bring the gravity up. After I was finished and the brew was in the carboy, I looked up more about gravity temp correction, and it looks like I was actually pretty close w/o the DME.
The kicker is, I have no idea what my OG is, as I broke my hydrometer trying to take the OG.
Good news: great excuse to buy a refractometer . Any recommendations?
Is there any way to estimate my OG with the following info?
Pre-boil: 6.2 Gal wort @ 1.028 @ 155*F + 1/4 lbs Light DME
Post-boil: 4.5 Gal into the carboy.
I had a boil over at the first hop addition, so that accounts for the large loss during boil - seems like I could expect about 1 gal loss during the boil.
I just got done brewing my first all grain (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/honey-orange-hefeweizen-169857/) and I have a question about gravity changes during boil.
After taking the pre-boil gravity reading, I saw it was (what I thought) very low at 1.028 @ ~155*F (no temp correction). OG per the recipe is 1.045. I did some quick research, and saw suggestions to add about 1/4 lbs DME to bring the gravity up. After I was finished and the brew was in the carboy, I looked up more about gravity temp correction, and it looks like I was actually pretty close w/o the DME.
The kicker is, I have no idea what my OG is, as I broke my hydrometer trying to take the OG.
Good news: great excuse to buy a refractometer . Any recommendations?
Is there any way to estimate my OG with the following info?
Pre-boil: 6.2 Gal wort @ 1.028 @ 155*F + 1/4 lbs Light DME
Post-boil: 4.5 Gal into the carboy.
I had a boil over at the first hop addition, so that accounts for the large loss during boil - seems like I could expect about 1 gal loss during the boil.