High Gravity help!

[Carbon-bassist]

Hey everyone. First post, 4th 5 gal brew. I'm doing a Black Butte Porter clone with some variations to make a chai Porter. The recipie I used is as follows:

7 lbs LME
12oz chocolate malt
6oz black
8oz honey malt
8oz crystal 40L
4oz victory

1.5 northern brewer hops @ 60
1oz cascade @ 20
1oz tettnanger @ 10

1/2 lb brown sugar @ 60
1/2 lb Malto dextrin @ 60
1/2 lb lactose @ 20

20 bags of stash chai tea brewed prior to mashing and added @ 20 min of wort boil.

I ended up with an OG of 1.30. Which I'm attributing to the non fermentables upping the gravity. I pitched a wyeast European ale yeast WLP011 @ 70* but I'm wondering if:
A- the yeast can handle such a high gravity without yeast nutrient and B- how can I make sure I hit around 8-9% ABV?

Also, any general feedback is greatly appreciated. I'm very much a noob. A very enthusiastic noob, but a noob all the same. Teach! Impart your wisdoms! I'm open to them all!

 

[mdindy]

where did you get your OG from? That doesn't seem to add up.

 

[Ungoliant]

Yeah I don't think my hydrometer even goes that high. My last stout had an OG of 1.094, and finished around 9.4%

Did you get a legit hydrometer reading prior to pitching?

 

[rob6239]

Or is that reading supposed to be just 1.030 ? (Instead of 1.300)

 

[sboyajian]

1.030 wouldn't make sense either to the amount of LME.

30 brix maybe?