Thanks for the site! And I don't think the reading is wrong because we took two readings a few days apart, but who knows. I'll let ya know how it tastes!
Most definitely operator error!! Just wondering what I might have done and what the implications for taste and alcohol content are that I might expect.
The recipe was for an amber ale. Well it seems I threw out the actual box of ingredients, but it was a premeasured bag of malt extract I think...
Just finished brewing my very first batch ever -- from a basic kit I bought (for an Amber Ale). I don't have the information in front of me, but it was a really standard first timer kit where the instructions were the same regardless of which variety of beer you actually chose. Anyway...