briggssteel
Well-Known Member
So I just got done bottling my Kölsch and it's way over attenuated. My OG was 1.048 (which is what I wanted) and my final gravity was 1.002, which is obviously extremely low. I'm thinking it has to be infected because I don't know how else it could finish so low, but trying it at bottling I didn't get any funky/sour flavors.
Some other info that would probably help:
It's a 5 gallon batch
My hydrometer reads at 1.000 with water so I believe it's accurate.
I used White Labs Kölsch yeast.
I made a 1500ml starter with 2 vials, which upon checking later with a yeast pitching rate calculator is too big of a starter.
I mashes in at 149 and I have a lab calculator so I believe that's accurate.
I fermented at 59 for 3 weeks and lagered for a month at 38.
Come to think of it, my last 4 batches have finished below 1.010 so this a reoccurring issue with my beers. They always are pretty good (and of course dry), but at 1.002 I'm thinking I have to be doing something wrong.
Some other info that would probably help:
It's a 5 gallon batch
My hydrometer reads at 1.000 with water so I believe it's accurate.
I used White Labs Kölsch yeast.
I made a 1500ml starter with 2 vials, which upon checking later with a yeast pitching rate calculator is too big of a starter.
I mashes in at 149 and I have a lab calculator so I believe that's accurate.
I fermented at 59 for 3 weeks and lagered for a month at 38.
Come to think of it, my last 4 batches have finished below 1.010 so this a reoccurring issue with my beers. They always are pretty good (and of course dry), but at 1.002 I'm thinking I have to be doing something wrong.