Darklordenron
Well-Known Member
I just brewed up a brewcraft American cream ale and got an og of 1.080. Wth? Is that normal? The estimated fg is 1.012. I've never brewed a beer that claimed a potential abv of 10%!!
BendBrewer said:Yeah, went to LB for 4 years. A long time ago. Hubert Davis days.
BendBrewer said:West Springfield - know it well. Weren't you guys the Pumpkin Heads?
If my math is correct and assuming it comes out to the estimated 1.012 reading, it would be a 8.7% beer. Woah! I hope it finishes at maybe 1.040!
If my math is correct and assuming it comes out to the estimated 1.012 reading, it would be a 8.7% beer. Woah! I hope it finishes at maybe 1.040!
android said:maybe i missed it in your previous post, but when did you take the gravity reading? before or after you added the extra 2 gallons of water to what you boiled?
There is no way that 4lbs of extract and 3lbs of grain could produce 5 gallons of wort at an OG of 1.080.
Something here is wrong either:
1. You don't have 5 gallons in the fermentor so the sugars are more concentrated
2. You added extra sugars from somewhere (unlikely)
3. You didn't mix in your top up water completely. This is most likely, you really need to stir hard to get the very thick wort to mix with the thin top up water, most likely the sample you measured was not completely mixed.
With partial mash kits its hard to get an OG more than 2-3 points off the anticipated OG if you do indeed have 5 gallons in the fermentor I'd just assume the suggested OG on the kit.
BendBrewer said:V is on it. That's why we needed your recipe. That doesn't add up at all.
I posted it. Carboy is still at around 80 degrees. sad face! In a 60 degree basement...either it still hasn't cooled or it's beginning fermentation.
Redpiper said:This happened to me once. Turned out I needed to stir the wort. After mixing the reading was where it was supposed to be. Just my $.02
BuckshotBrewing said:How did this beer turnout?
I just got the brew craft American cream ale kit, it had
3# bag dme
1# bag dme
1# bad dme
1 bag mixed malts & adjuncts (I believe there's some 6row and corn...)
1 bag fermentable sugars
2oz hops ( forget the type)
S23 yeast
2 grain socks
I plan on dryhopping w/ 1.5oz citra hops in my keg in a grain sack behind the pickup tube.
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