High og

[Kevin b]

Hey y’all, brewed a hop slam clone from aih today. It’s target og is 1078 I ended up with 1096. I followed the recipe exact. Any reason my og came out so much higher than expected. I don’t usually buy the kits but I figured ide try it.

 

[Jag75]

All grain or extract ?

 

[Kevin b]

All grain

 

[Jag75]

Did you mill it ? Was the amount collected into the fermenter on target ? Did you use a hydrometer and was the wort temp fine for checking?

 

[Kevin b]

Yea I milked it myself I milked it at .050, I took a hydrometer reading at 78 degrees, my final amount into the fermenter was a little short but not by much I did notice there was a lot more debri in the wort when I put it in the fermenter a considerable amount more than normal.

 

[Kevin b]

Milled it*

 

[Jag75]

I'm not sure if 78 would make the reading off or not. With the lower amount and the sludge being transferred to the FV could very likely be the reason.

 

[Kevin b]

Yea it’s a very strange brew. I’m sure it’ll be fine in the end. I like to make up my own recipes every time I’ve brewed a kit it comes out different than expected.

 

[Jag75]

Do you BIAB?

 

[Kevin b]

no I mash in an converted cooler

 

[bracconiere]

someone else said in a different thread, "are you bragging or complaing?" i'd take notes and try to duplicate the result....

 

[doug293cz]

Recipe and volumes?

Brew on

 

[day_trippr]

AIH AG Hop Slam recipe/instructions

Original Gravity : 1.078
Final Gravity : 1.019
All Grain Recipe Color SRM : 15.64
Alcohol by Volume : 7.54
IBU : 132.46(!)

Grains :
13 lbs 2 Row Malt
0.5 lbs Cara Foam
0.5 lbs Crystal Malt (60 °L)
0.5 lbs Victory

Cheers!

 

[Kevin b]

 

[Jag75]

Whoa that's a very bitter beer 132 ibu!

 

[day_trippr]

I plugged the numbers into QBrew just for grins (quicker than BeerSmith 3) and using its standard values for AA and the like it comes up with these numbers for 5.125 gallons to the fermentor:

OG: 1.093 Take note that the honey addition brings the OG up from 1.079 to 1.093, so 1.096 for slightly less volume sounds like the OP nailed the brew day.

IBU: 81 (Tinseth) or 96 (not Tinseth - not sure what QBrew uses if not Tinseth) but either way spot on for a big WCIPA.


Sideways stuff makes my vertigo kick in...

Cheers!

 

[Kevin b]

Hey good looking out man, I didn’t take into account the additional 2 lbs of honey. Thanks man

 

[day_trippr]

Just another free service on HBT

Clearly, AIH didn't account for the honey, either, when they listed the fermentables, thus the 1.078 OG prediction.
In any case that's gonna be a big beer, hence the healthy hop schedule for balance...

Cheers!

 

[Kevin b]

Yea I know it, I’m looking forward to it. Going to be delicious.