Does this look right

[Cheeto]

Est Original Gravity: 1.041 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.038 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.06 %
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 2.73 %
Bitterness: 5.9 IBU Calories: 156 cal/pint
Est Color: 11.6 SRM


Recipe

1 lbs Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 20.83 %
3 lbs 4.8 oz Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 68.75 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 10.42 %
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 4.1 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (7 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
0.50 lb Malto-Dextrine (Boil 30.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale


during all of the sampling it was very sweet

Please give your Opinions !!!!!!!!!!

 

[david_42]

Looks like you forgot the 1.3 multiplier in the actual ABV calculation. Should be 3.5%.

The sweetness would be due to the very low IBUs. 5.9 is a half to a third of what you should have. That's Ultra Light territory.

 

[MULE]

I would have boild your hops longer to knock the sweetness down a bit. Your IBU and ABV is killing me.

I use this for planning. http://www.beercalculus.com/recipe

 

[mrk305]

That looks about right for a 3 gallon batch. For 6 gallons in the primary, I used to use 7 pounds of extract, a pound or so of specialty grains and two ounce of hops.....

...... something like that anyway. It's been a while since I brewed extract style.

 

[bgrubb7]

You're not going get very much bitterness out of your hops at the 20 mark.

Check out this link from my noob post last week. It explains things pretty well.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=52296