Ok so brew day number 2, Fat Tire extract kit from AHS. Went smoother after learning lessons from brew day number one.
Few questions. Everything went off without a hitch. Took the hydrometer reading and again i am high. I was at 1.060 recipe says i should be at 1.050. Last time i was high because i forgot to account for evaporation. This time i started with 2.5 gallons added 3.5 gallons at the end and by the side of the bucket i was a little over 5 gallons so pretty close to the 5.25 gallons the recipe calls for.
Trying to understand why is my OG still higher then it should be?
I noticed this time (new thermometer) i had (what i would call) a rolling boil at about 205 degrees. I am in Utah at about 4000 ft ASL. Do i need a hotter boil maybe?
I thought the extra water would account for the evaporation. But maybe i was still under the 5.25 gallons. How much water does one typically lose in a hour boil?
Trying to understand the scale. How far off is the .010? I mean is that like trying to nuke Washington DC but hitting Atlanta? or more like Baltimore?
Few questions. Everything went off without a hitch. Took the hydrometer reading and again i am high. I was at 1.060 recipe says i should be at 1.050. Last time i was high because i forgot to account for evaporation. This time i started with 2.5 gallons added 3.5 gallons at the end and by the side of the bucket i was a little over 5 gallons so pretty close to the 5.25 gallons the recipe calls for.
Trying to understand why is my OG still higher then it should be?
I noticed this time (new thermometer) i had (what i would call) a rolling boil at about 205 degrees. I am in Utah at about 4000 ft ASL. Do i need a hotter boil maybe?
I thought the extra water would account for the evaporation. But maybe i was still under the 5.25 gallons. How much water does one typically lose in a hour boil?
Trying to understand the scale. How far off is the .010? I mean is that like trying to nuke Washington DC but hitting Atlanta? or more like Baltimore?