Sorry, forgot to add that the recipe included 1.5# Corn Sugar in the last 15 min of the boil. Editing my OP to reflect that. According to BeerSmith that makes the OG 1.105
Brewed the Lawson's Double Sunshine recipe (extract version) on Saturday (2 days ago). The recipe called for steeping grains plus 6# light LME. Having not used extracts in the last couple of years, I incorrectly thought that the cans were 2# each, so I bought and added 3 cans without doing any...
Sorry I never updated this. You were all very helpful, and it was definitely the crush (or should I say, non-crush). I took Odin's suggestion and just googled "how's my crush" and quickly learned that my grains were nearly whole. As Hollis predicted, I apparently extracted colors but no...
Thanks for the feedback.
The temp when I took the reading was right about 70 . . . can't remember exactly but close enough that a temp correction would make little difference. I hope it was a faulty reading, either equipment or operator error. I'll go ahead with the process (which calls for...
Hoping to avoid posting, I've read through many, many posts about people not hitting their target OG, but none quite the same situation as I have.
I was brewing an AG recipe for a Racer 5 clone. This is only my second AG, but the first (a St. Rogue Red Ale clone) has been in the bottle for...