Recent content by sterling33

Thanks for all the replies, I didn't even think about the top off water not fully mixing when i took my reading and that was probably my problem. The airlock is bubbling so I'm going to continue as planned hoping that everything works out. If it doesn't I'm sure I'll have some more questions...

I brewed a double belgian the other day using extract and the recipe said the OG should be 1.065 and I got a OG of 1.038 how could my OG be so far off? I thought using an extract it should be most spot on. The only thing I did different with the recipe (from recommendation by my local brew...

Thanks for all the wisdom, def makes me feel better about not being there to bottle on the day according to the kit. I'm going to wait till week 3-4 and keep checking the gravity. Sounds like you guys might have saved me from making a premature mistake, hope this first batch turns out good!

I'm doing my first home brew and am not going to be around on day 7 of fermenting to bottle. It's supposed to be an ale and I'll be able to bottle around day 9 or 10. Will this affect my results much? Thanks