I decided to try my hand at my own extract recipe. The OG was supposed to be (according to Beersmith) 1.044 and was actually 1.064! What am I doing wrong? Below are the ingredients...
96.00 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Extract 82.76 %
(LHBS only carried 6 lbs of Briess DME Pilsen Light)
8.00 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 6.90 %
8.00 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 6.90 %
4.00 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 3.45 %
1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 17.1 IBU
1 Pkgs London Ale (Wyeast Labs #1028) Yeast-Ale
I don't know if this would effect it or not but it was also the first time I was able to use a Therminator (had to rack it out of the pot with a SS cane) and cooled the wort to around 58 degrees when I took the reading. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
96.00 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Extract 82.76 %
(LHBS only carried 6 lbs of Briess DME Pilsen Light)
8.00 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 6.90 %
8.00 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 6.90 %
4.00 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 3.45 %
1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 17.1 IBU
1 Pkgs London Ale (Wyeast Labs #1028) Yeast-Ale
I don't know if this would effect it or not but it was also the first time I was able to use a Therminator (had to rack it out of the pot with a SS cane) and cooled the wort to around 58 degrees when I took the reading. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.