xbabyboy4021x
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im brewing a Brewers Best Weizenbier kit that im going to add cherry flavoring to at bottling time to produce a cherry wheat beer. the kit came with 2 cans (6.6lbs) of plain wheat malt extract(liquid) 1oz mt hood bittering hops and 1/2oz mt hood finishing hops. i did a late addition boil by boiling 2 gal water(thats all the bigger my brew kettle is) and once it was boiling added the first can of LME and the bittering hops and in the last 15 min added the 2nd can of LME and the finishing hops. the recipe calls for an OG of 1.048-1.052. i took an OG reading at about 70* F and at this temp my hydrometer instructions says there is no change to gravity based on temp and i only came up with 1.042...does this have something to do with my late addition? i topped it off with distilled water to the 5gal mark on my fermentor and gave it a very good stir for about 5 min THEN took my reading. does anybody know why my OG was so low? o and i have checked my hydrometer it DOES read 1.000 in plain water at room temp like it says it should