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    Cream Ale OG too Low

    I appreciate the responses and I'm going to just let it be. It is fermenting well for now and the temperature in the room I put the carboy is perfect so I believe we are on track. Thanks again to all! And drink up!
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    Cream Ale OG too Low

    Its a 5 gallon kit
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    Cream Ale OG too Low

    I did not stir well, and yes you are correct, I meant 0.002 and 0.003, not what I stated. I feel like the directions were a bit off in that aspect of when to measure.
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    Cream Ale OG too Low

    So when going through some notes I made I think I may have found the culprit: I let the wort cool to around 75 degrees which I had totally forgot to correct for, meaning that the wort was probably .02 to .03 higher than the reading. I also topped the carboy off with 2 gallons of clean water and...
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    Cream Ale OG too Low

    Hello everyone, Yesterday I brewed my first batch of Cream Ale and took the original gravity which was 1.021/1.022, which seems considerably low. The issue is, I used all the DME in the kit and that's what it called for, so I could not balance it out, and the beer is currently fermenting. Is...
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