MagicMike314
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Was hoping to get some advice and answers from experienced brewers!
First two batches went phenomenally, and today was the third batch. I was making a half recipe of a blonde ale (Blonde Ale - Tropical Blonde Ale) which posts the following recipe:
Size (Gallons): 5.5
OG: 1.046
Boil Size: 2 1/2 gal
Grain:
1 lb Crystal 10L
1/4 lb Honey Malt
Steep grains for 20 minutes at 155 degrees
Extract:
1 1/2 lbs Light DME @ 45 minutes
4 oz corn sugar @ 30 minutes
3 lbs Light DME @ flameout
Hops:
1/4 oz Mosaic (12.7 %) @ 45 minutes
1/4 oz Citra (14.1%) @ 10 minutes
1/2 oz Citra (14.1 %) @ 5 minutes
1 oz Citra (14.1 %) @ flameout
Additives:
1 tsp Irish Moss @ 15 minutes
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Since this was a half recipe, I cut down to:
3/4 lb Light DME @ 45 minutes
2 oz corn sugar @ 30 minutes
1 1/2 lbs Light DME @ flameout
Without a kitchen scale (one is on the way to avoid this in the future) I followed some forums posted on here where it was suggested to use 2 cups of DME per lb. I have to believe this is where my mistake was made.....
After finishing, I took a reading of my wort and found the OG to be 1.020 (the posted OG was 1.046). I quickly boiled 1 1/2 more cups of light DME and brought the OG up to 1.032.
Now that this is fermenting and we will see what happens, can someone explain to me where I went wrong? Simply trying to avoid this for future batches.
First two batches went phenomenally, and today was the third batch. I was making a half recipe of a blonde ale (Blonde Ale - Tropical Blonde Ale) which posts the following recipe:
Size (Gallons): 5.5
OG: 1.046
Boil Size: 2 1/2 gal
Grain:
1 lb Crystal 10L
1/4 lb Honey Malt
Steep grains for 20 minutes at 155 degrees
Extract:
1 1/2 lbs Light DME @ 45 minutes
4 oz corn sugar @ 30 minutes
3 lbs Light DME @ flameout
Hops:
1/4 oz Mosaic (12.7 %) @ 45 minutes
1/4 oz Citra (14.1%) @ 10 minutes
1/2 oz Citra (14.1 %) @ 5 minutes
1 oz Citra (14.1 %) @ flameout
Additives:
1 tsp Irish Moss @ 15 minutes
___________________________________________________________________
Since this was a half recipe, I cut down to:
3/4 lb Light DME @ 45 minutes
2 oz corn sugar @ 30 minutes
1 1/2 lbs Light DME @ flameout
Without a kitchen scale (one is on the way to avoid this in the future) I followed some forums posted on here where it was suggested to use 2 cups of DME per lb. I have to believe this is where my mistake was made.....
After finishing, I took a reading of my wort and found the OG to be 1.020 (the posted OG was 1.046). I quickly boiled 1 1/2 more cups of light DME and brought the OG up to 1.032.
Now that this is fermenting and we will see what happens, can someone explain to me where I went wrong? Simply trying to avoid this for future batches.