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    conditioning == conditioning?

    I tend to bottle after fermentation as well. Do you add any sugar or anything when you transfer to carboy? What difference does the conditioning in the carboy make?
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    Lower gravity than expected - what went wrong?

    Thanks billl, that's very useful!
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    Lower gravity than expected - what went wrong?

    So to get the OG up I could add some more crystal malt at the beginning. If I was to add regular sugar, is there a way to work out the difference that would make? And at what point should I add sugar, during or after the boil?
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    Lower gravity than expected - what went wrong?

    Thanks billl! So it's DME in lb * 45 / total wort in gallon... But how do you work out the steeping grains? And what about the crystal malt, doesn't that add sugar?
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    Lower gravity than expected - what went wrong?

    @ duboman 'If your volumes were correct then you got a bad mix of wort and top off water resulting in a lower, inaccurate hydrometer reading. Common problem;)' Is there a certain ratio I should use? What is a good mix of wort and top off water?
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    Lower gravity than expected - what went wrong?

    Thanks for your replies everyone. I followed a recipe for fullers London pride from the book British real ale by graham wheeler. I used: 300g crystal malt which I took out at around 70 deg C. 2000g medium dry malt extract And target, challenger, north down and Golding hops added at different...
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    Lower gravity than expected - what went wrong?

    Hello guys, I'm relatively new to home brewing (made 5 beers so far). The method I've been following is crystal malt pre boil, then add dry malt extract and hops and boil for 60 - 90 minutes. My beers usually ended up with 1.045ish OG, but this time the OG was 1.020. So what went wrong? Did I...
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