scottconnor
Well-Known Member
Some friends and I brewed an Oatmeal Stout extract on 1/16 (recipe attached). We took an OG reading of 1.030. Unfortunately we didn't realize at the time that that was well below the expected OG of 1.060.
I let it ferment for a week and it was at 1.023 last night. It's target is 1.017. After I moved it to a secondary fermenter, we realized that our OG was way off, because right now we have a beer that's 0.92%.
A few questions -
-If we realized at the time that our OG was way off, what could we have done about that?
- We're not sure how our OG is that far off. We followed the recipe exactly. The only flag I can think of is that we brewed inside on a stove, and our boil temperature was EXACTLY 212 degrees (according to digital thermometer). We couldn't get the boil any hotter, so we didn't have a super hot, active boil.
- Is there anything that can be done this late in the game? Anything we can add to bring our gravity up, and re-pitch the yeast?
We've learned our lesson, but are here to take our lumps. Be gentle.
I let it ferment for a week and it was at 1.023 last night. It's target is 1.017. After I moved it to a secondary fermenter, we realized that our OG was way off, because right now we have a beer that's 0.92%.
A few questions -
-If we realized at the time that our OG was way off, what could we have done about that?
- We're not sure how our OG is that far off. We followed the recipe exactly. The only flag I can think of is that we brewed inside on a stove, and our boil temperature was EXACTLY 212 degrees (according to digital thermometer). We couldn't get the boil any hotter, so we didn't have a super hot, active boil.
- Is there anything that can be done this late in the game? Anything we can add to bring our gravity up, and re-pitch the yeast?
We've learned our lesson, but are here to take our lumps. Be gentle.