VikeMan
It ain't all burritos and strippers, my friend.
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I just created this beast of a beer and this was what my numbers were:
OG = 1.074 (mine 1.070 )
FG = 1.014 ( mine1.010 )
ABV = 8.3% (mine 7.88%)
Yeast:
Wyeast 1056 (American Ale) (no pre)
Did I get close? I'd say yes. How could it have reached full attention? Starter? Maybe that would have put it where it needed to be. But I felt fortunate to get this far as this was only my second BIAB adventure and this was a very intense brew day.
How could it have reached full attenuation? If by full attenuation, you mean the expected (recipe) attenuation...
(74 - 14 ) / 74 = 81% apparent attenuation
And you got...
(70 - 10) / 70 = 86% apparent attenuation.
So, so got higher apparent attenuation than you were expecting. Not less.
Also, 1.074 to 1.014 would be ~7.9% ABV, not 8.3%. You actually managed to get the expected ABV by getting higher apparent attenuation than expected, starting from a lower OG. There's not a lack of attenuation issue here. There may be a mash efficiency issue, or a wort volume issue.