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I've made this beer twice now and cannot seem to hit the target gravity. The first attempt was my first ever all-grain brew and I only achieved an OG of 1.062. I mashed and sparged rather quickly and suspect that my grains weren't properly cracked (from Morebeer). The resultant beer was a...

Just finished up the brew! Added 1/2 lb of lactose at 5 minutes left in the boil. I mashed at 150 (accidentally) and I also used fresh jack o lantern pumpkins because I had them growing in the backyard. I'll let you know how it turns out

I'm brewing this recipe today and I'm very excited! One question: what do you think of adding lactose to this brew?

Adding corn sugar to the boil will bring up the gravity and eventually the abv but because it's pure fermentable sugar the yeast will be healthier and "eat" more of your wort resulting in a lighter bodied beer. source: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/attachments/0000/6351/doubleIPA.pdf...