baggins22
Member
Hey Everybody,
So i am brewing an extract recipe + steeping grains. I was planning to make a 5gl batch using 6lb of malt extract. With that ratio, i would expect my OG (which i took after i added the 3gl boil to the 2gl of water and pinched my yeast) to be 1.080. The problem is it looks like i added to much water and ended up with 6gl!. My OG looks like 1.035 which seems way to low.
A couple questions.
1) am i taking the OG measurement at the right time?
2) is my beer ruined/going to be watery
3) when i was making my recipe i expected be in the range of 40 IBU (based on a 1.080 OG). but since my OG are now 1.035 my utilization rate is way higher. How can this be? since my OG is lower because it watered down, i thought think this would dilute the "IBUs"
Thanks!
So i am brewing an extract recipe + steeping grains. I was planning to make a 5gl batch using 6lb of malt extract. With that ratio, i would expect my OG (which i took after i added the 3gl boil to the 2gl of water and pinched my yeast) to be 1.080. The problem is it looks like i added to much water and ended up with 6gl!. My OG looks like 1.035 which seems way to low.
A couple questions.
1) am i taking the OG measurement at the right time?
2) is my beer ruined/going to be watery
3) when i was making my recipe i expected be in the range of 40 IBU (based on a 1.080 OG). but since my OG are now 1.035 my utilization rate is way higher. How can this be? since my OG is lower because it watered down, i thought think this would dilute the "IBUs"
Thanks!