Did I save it? Or did I simply dilute it?

Hey guys,

On the 26th of April I brewed a 20L grain infused IPA batch via a partial boil method as I only have a 19L boil pot... However After boiling all the right ingredients I ended up transferring 15L into my fermenter and failed to add the extra 5L to make up the full 20L batch... I just wasn't thinking.. My target OG was 1.055 but I measured an astounding actual OG of 1.12... when I measured this it was 2am and I didn't think to add more water...

When the temperature was right I pitched a 2L starter yeast into the batch making up a total 17L.

The batch did appear to ferment and then drop out after 1 week. The final Gravity was 1.032....

It wasn't until this stage that I decided to add 3 more litres of boiled water and repitch the yeast (2nd May). There hasn't been any visible sign of activity after this week. It's now the 5th of May have measured the gravity at 1.024.

Have I saved it or is it simply ruined? I did a taste test and it doesn't actually taste as syrapy as I expected, seemed okay. Just not sure whether it's worth carbonating or not.

Let me know your thoughts. Any advice is much appreciated.

Recipe below:

250g medium crystal malt (steeped)
150g Munich malt (steeped)
3.8kg light dry malt extract
20g simcoe @ 60mins
25g simcoe @10 mins
50g cascade @ 10 mins
25g Amarillo @ 10 mins
2g yeast nutrient @ 10 mins
40g simcoe (dry hop)
40g Amarillo (dry hop)
2L yeast starter with white labs 007 dry English ale.

 

I would carbonate it and see how it turns out. You really aren't going to lose much at this point, since all the expensive ingredients have been added and used up. May as well see how it turns out. It might be perfectly fine. Good luck!

 

You just diluted it. Package it (bottle/keg) and try it out. It'll probably be fine.

 

Thanks guys. I'll just bottle it and see how it goes.