bulldogxray
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I drianed my wort from my kettle to the fermenter on my ag batch and saw that I am off i only had about 4.2 gallons instead of 5. my sg is 1.061 i just pitched my yeast. What is going to happen?
I drianed my wort from my kettle to the fermenter on my ag batch and saw that I am off i only had about 4.2 gallons instead of 5. my sg is 1.061 i just pitched my yeast. What is going to happen?
OK.
You were shooting for 1.054 in 5.5 but got 1.061 in 4.6 gallons.
You can dilute with water to get your proper gravity, which is what you want.
You extracted 61 X 4.6 = 280.6 gravity points.
to get the right gravity, you need 54 X "Y" = 280.6.
Therefore, Y is 5.19 gallons.
Dilute your beer to about 5.19 gallons by adding 5.19-4.6=.6 gallons of water
So add a bit more than a half-gallon of water (76 Oz is close enough), and you're golden.
What happened is that you boiled off more water than you expected. You can use this information to correct your next brew session, knowing that you lost about 2 gallons over the course of your boil.
You have been a big help thank you for your time and expertise.
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