Greynolds16
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Hey everyone,
As the title says, this is my first “did I just ruin my beer” post.
I am making a Pliny the Elder clone recipe in an attempt to do a side by side taste test (going out to northern CA in a few weeks and will bring some home with me). I used the recipe from the local home brew shop and it seems to be pretty similar to other recipes online, with a bit less grain perhaps and more dextrose. (10.5 lbs 2-row, 1 lb carapils, 8oz caramel 40, 1.5 lbs dextrose)
My issue is that my tilt hydrometer has the SG at 1.009 after 5 days and I worry it will be over attenuated. Target FG according to the recipe is 1.019 (seems high to me) and according to brew father should be 1.011. For reference, OG was 1.071
Here are my thoughts on possible culprits:
The classic - got an infection or wild yeast that is eating all the sugars. I won’t know until I taste it during the transfer to the keg.
not great thermometer - I mashed at 150 for 60 minutes, final temp was 147. It could be off by even a few degrees and mean I am mashing lower than I think.
measurement error - could be a wonky calibration for the hydrometer and maybe I’m just over thinking it.
over pitching - I used two packages of oyl-004 Chico. I read that Chico can rip through some wort, though attenuation Max on Chico is supposed to be 80% and right now attenuation is 88%
Any other ideas? If it is over attenuated but not tasting off from an infection, is there a way to add more body to the beer?
Thanks all!
As the title says, this is my first “did I just ruin my beer” post.
I am making a Pliny the Elder clone recipe in an attempt to do a side by side taste test (going out to northern CA in a few weeks and will bring some home with me). I used the recipe from the local home brew shop and it seems to be pretty similar to other recipes online, with a bit less grain perhaps and more dextrose. (10.5 lbs 2-row, 1 lb carapils, 8oz caramel 40, 1.5 lbs dextrose)
My issue is that my tilt hydrometer has the SG at 1.009 after 5 days and I worry it will be over attenuated. Target FG according to the recipe is 1.019 (seems high to me) and according to brew father should be 1.011. For reference, OG was 1.071
Here are my thoughts on possible culprits:
The classic - got an infection or wild yeast that is eating all the sugars. I won’t know until I taste it during the transfer to the keg.
not great thermometer - I mashed at 150 for 60 minutes, final temp was 147. It could be off by even a few degrees and mean I am mashing lower than I think.
measurement error - could be a wonky calibration for the hydrometer and maybe I’m just over thinking it.
over pitching - I used two packages of oyl-004 Chico. I read that Chico can rip through some wort, though attenuation Max on Chico is supposed to be 80% and right now attenuation is 88%
Any other ideas? If it is over attenuated but not tasting off from an infection, is there a way to add more body to the beer?
Thanks all!