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  1. M

    BIAB with a Keggle - 3rd batch and still LOW efficiency

    Hi homebrew community! In an attempt to find out what I could do better, I'd like to describe my brewing processes I just did yesterday, that resulted in me in an appearing 55% brewing efficiency of my batch yesterday. I'm quite frustrated obviously. If anyone experienced with that system may...
  2. D

    Imperial Stout low ABV outcome

    Hello all, I've had back luck with two batches of an imperial stout with everything the same. It's not bad, but the abv for the 19 lbs came out to 6.5% abv. I was shooting for 9% or so. It's strange to me, since my previous batch before was an oktoberfest-like ale shooting for 5-6%, but turned...
  3. Mahanoy

    Missing OG by 20+ Points - Help!!

    I've brewed three or four batches of a Rye IPA that borders on being a double IPA and each time I've brewed it I've missed my OG by 20 points or more. This is the only beer I've ever had trouble with in terms of hitting my OG (my system's efficiency is generally in the range of 65-70%). It's...
  4. C

    Low Gravity, Low Fermenter Volume

    Brewed the following yesterday... Method: All Grain Style: Blonde Ale Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 5.5 gallons Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill % 9 lb American - Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 83.7% 0.5 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 10L 35 10 4.7% 1 lb American - White Wheat 40 2.8 9.3% 0.25 lb American -...
  5. C

    Can I rescue a really low OG ?

    I have just put my wort into the fermentation vessel, measured the og and found it is way off, 1032 rather than 1062 as i forgot to add some of my grain. (3kg golden promise) I have read that you can adjust the OG with DME, but as this is so far out, I wondered if it was worth pursuing this...
  6. Iowa Brewer

    How Low is Too Low OG?

    Hi all, Brewing a friends witbier recipe that I brewed a couple weeks ago, to great success. Last time I brewed I had OG: 1.042 and FG 1.008 Had some mishaps, today, and had OG: 1.036 I've already pitched the yeast (1.5L starter of Wyeast Strong Belgian Strong Ale, decanted), about 20min ago...
  7. T

    Low efficiency with Grainfather

    Hi, I am very new to all this. Yesterday I did my fourth brew. It was a Blue Moon clone from grainfather recipes OG - 1.044 FG - 1.011 5 pounds of Maris Otter Pale ale malt 5 pounds of Flaked Wheat US mash in 60 minutes at 66 C mash out 10 minutes at 75 C boil time 60 minutes a packet East Kent...
  8. D

    OG too low, can add candysugar after 1 week?

    So I brewed a witbeer, and I didn't get to my target OG. Stupid enough, I wanted to finish, so I have boiled shorter than I was supposed to, without realizing that this would affect my OG :no:(leasson learned!) Planned ABV was 4.9%, now would be 4.1% according to BeerSmith (if the fermentations...
  9. everenlightened

    Low OG why?

    Hello all, I brewed my fourth beer today, A Hefe. My Recipe was 2 Lb Crystal 10L 1.5 Lb Flaked Wheat 0.5 Lb Light Munich I Mashed at 155F for 45 Min in 2 Gallons of water and then sparged in another 2 Gallons at 150F for 20 Min. (I know the volumes should be larger but my current...
  10. T

    Everything was going so well...

    So I brewed up an AHS APA today, partial mash, full boil. Everything went great, no problems, smooth all the way. I get the wort into my primary bucket and take the gravity reading and get 1.044 (adjusted). According to the AHS recipe and Beersmith I should have come out with a 1.051 OG. I...
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