High OG

[weberbrew5]

Hey guys I'm new to this forum so bare with me. I just brewed a Christmas ale and the OG came out at 1.084 and I think it's going to be too high. This was a 4 gallon boil with a 3 gallon fermentation. Am I in trouble with this beer? Do I need to add more water? Can I add more water seeing rapid fermentation has started? Any advice will be greatly appreciated!

 

[jtratcliff]

What was the OG supposed to be? Was it a 4G recipe or a 5G?

 

[weberbrew5]

My calculations showed it should have been around 1.069. Is it going to be too boozy?

 

[weberbrew5]

I converted a 5 gallon recipe to a 3 gallon recipe

 

[jtratcliff]

Hmmm... Might be a bit unbalanced at that OG. Extract batch? If you have room in the fermenter you could top off a little... Maybe to 1.075 so as not to water it down too much.

 

[weberbrew5]

1.069 would be unbalanced or the OG i actually got? Fermentation has already started and it's fermenting well. Can I still add water to the fermenting wort?