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Yesterday I brewed a recipe of mine that I've had great success with but completely missed the mark on the OG. Maybe someone could shed a little insight as to how I missed this?
The recipe is as follows:
Citrus IIPA
MALT:
9.9 lbs of Briess pilsen LME
2.0 lbs of Weyermann Cara-red (steeped @ 157F for 20 min)
HOPS:
boil 60 mins 1.0 oz Citra
boil 50 mins 0.5 oz Simcoe
boil 40 mins 1.0 oz Citra
boil 30 mins 0.5 oz Simcoe
boil 20 mins 1.0 oz Citra
boil 10 mins 0.5 oz Simcoe
boil 1 min 1.0 oz Cascade
YEAST:
2 tubes of White Labs American Ale
The target OG for this was 1.081. We measured 1.062. Here's what we did:
1) The boil water was ~4.0 gallons. We steeped the grains in a couple quarts of water, and then added that to the boil at 60 minutes.
2) A lot of trub made it into the primary. Tons of hop particles were in suspension when we poured it and a LOT made it into the sample we used with the hydrometer.
3) We used a brand new hydrometer, but it appeared to sit fine in water at 1.000.
4) We got about 3.5 gallons of wort out of the boil, and filled up to the 5gallon mark on our brew bucket with water.
5) We measured twice with two samples. When we couldn't get it anywhere north of 1.062, we tossed a pound of honey in to help bring up the OG.
Anyone got any idea why this was so far off the target OG? Any help is greatly appreciated!
The recipe is as follows:
Citrus IIPA
MALT:
9.9 lbs of Briess pilsen LME
2.0 lbs of Weyermann Cara-red (steeped @ 157F for 20 min)
HOPS:
boil 60 mins 1.0 oz Citra
boil 50 mins 0.5 oz Simcoe
boil 40 mins 1.0 oz Citra
boil 30 mins 0.5 oz Simcoe
boil 20 mins 1.0 oz Citra
boil 10 mins 0.5 oz Simcoe
boil 1 min 1.0 oz Cascade
YEAST:
2 tubes of White Labs American Ale
The target OG for this was 1.081. We measured 1.062. Here's what we did:
1) The boil water was ~4.0 gallons. We steeped the grains in a couple quarts of water, and then added that to the boil at 60 minutes.
2) A lot of trub made it into the primary. Tons of hop particles were in suspension when we poured it and a LOT made it into the sample we used with the hydrometer.
3) We used a brand new hydrometer, but it appeared to sit fine in water at 1.000.
4) We got about 3.5 gallons of wort out of the boil, and filled up to the 5gallon mark on our brew bucket with water.
5) We measured twice with two samples. When we couldn't get it anywhere north of 1.062, we tossed a pound of honey in to help bring up the OG.
Anyone got any idea why this was so far off the target OG? Any help is greatly appreciated!