Hi all,
I'm sure I won't be the first person who's initial post is about a brewing blunder.
I've only done a handful of brews and all have gone quite well. Today, however, I made the mistake of completely forgetting to add the liquid malt extract before pitching the yeast.
Luckily I caught this mistake just after setting my fermenter up in it's water bath. I made the decision to heat the LME in some extra water and then gave it a bit of a stir in.
I'm farily confident the brew will still ferment, but I'm wondering how much I've diluted the brew and how it will work out. I'm guessing I added an extra 3 litres or so in total. The fermenter (23L) is basically full, with an inch or two headroom. So around 26 Litres in total.
I was wondering, with the Liquid Malt Extract's packaging stating it adds around 1.6% to the ABV, have I dodged a bullet? Would it still come out over 4% or so? Can I count on that extra percentage? Should I be considering extra hops and perhaps even a late addition of some dried malt or sugar?
Thanks in advance!
I'm sure I won't be the first person who's initial post is about a brewing blunder.
I've only done a handful of brews and all have gone quite well. Today, however, I made the mistake of completely forgetting to add the liquid malt extract before pitching the yeast.
Luckily I caught this mistake just after setting my fermenter up in it's water bath. I made the decision to heat the LME in some extra water and then gave it a bit of a stir in.
I'm farily confident the brew will still ferment, but I'm wondering how much I've diluted the brew and how it will work out. I'm guessing I added an extra 3 litres or so in total. The fermenter (23L) is basically full, with an inch or two headroom. So around 26 Litres in total.
I was wondering, with the Liquid Malt Extract's packaging stating it adds around 1.6% to the ABV, have I dodged a bullet? Would it still come out over 4% or so? Can I count on that extra percentage? Should I be considering extra hops and perhaps even a late addition of some dried malt or sugar?
Thanks in advance!