Efficiency too low, OG too low, is it still a good beer?

[tomaso]

Just brewed the Heavenly Scourge Black IPA from the recipe section (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/heavenly-scourge-black-iipa-141308/) or more accurately: tried to brew it!

I'm a one gallon brewer on my 8th batch. My equipment is very basic so this was the first time my small colander and I had to handle 1,5kg of grain and the sparge was difficult, hence the low efficiency (56%); and I guess therefore also the OG of 1.060 was way below the 1.080 that it should be.
I did get the desired amount of wort (i.e. one gallon) into the fermentor.

So my question is now if this could still turn out to be a good beer that resembles a black IPA (even the one I intended to brew!) and will just be much lower in ABV than the Heavenly scourge I tried to make? Or will it be weird because of an imbalance like for example too much hops for too little gravity/alcohol?

Thanks for any words of wisdom!

 

[wozzer]

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[wozzer]

Just brewed the Heavenly Scourge Black IPA from the recipe section (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/heavenly-scourge-black-iipa-141308/) or more accurately: tried to brew it!

I'm a one gallon brewer on my 8th batch. My equipment is very basic so this was the first time my small colander and I had to handle 1,5kg of grain and the sparge was difficult, hence the low efficiency (56%); and I guess therefore also the OG of 1.060 was way below the 1.080 that it should be.
I did get the desired amount of wort (i.e. one gallon) into the fermentor.

So my question is now if this could still turn out to be a good beer that resembles a black IPA (even the one I intended to brew!) and will just be much lower in ABV than the Heavenly scourge I tried to make? Or will it be weird because of an imbalance like for example too much hops for too little gravity/alcohol?

Thanks for any words of wisdom!

Anything with an OG above 1.030 has the seeds of greatness in it. Whether they grow or not depends as much on chance, love and perseverance. If you've got an O.G. of 1.060 off an all-grain mash, it could go any way - to good, evil or lazy indifference. I'd let it go its way and watch for what I could learn.

 

[kkramer56]

It's always a learning experience. I don't see any reason why you shouldn't expect a delicious result from your labor, as long as everything was clean, don't worry.