Imperial IPA OG 1.104...HELP!

[mikelikesit2000]

Hey all.

Heres my problem. I brewed an IIPA on Friday. The target OG was supposed to be 1.093ish. I added 8 oz. of Amarillo hops (6.9aa) It was added 2 oz. every 15 min. IBUs should have been in the high 80s- low 90s. I intended to dry hop with 4 oz.

I ended up with an OG of 1.104. I am very worried that there will be nowhere near enough IBUs for the ABV.

What should I do?

 

[Nateo]

Stop worrying. RDWHAHB.

 

[Teacher]

You'll probably have a fine beer.

 

[TheDutchman]

I second that ^^^^. It may end up more of a barleywine than a IIPA, but it should still be delicious.

 

[mikelikesit2000]

Just an update, I checked on this last night and it is down to 1.026 = 10.2% . I have added 8oz. of Amarillo to the secondary in the last week or so. It taste great.

 

[AnOldUR]

What should I do?

Recipe?

 

[esarkipato]

I have added 8oz. of Amarillo to the secondary in the last week or so. It taste great.

I bet it's about to smell great too Sounds like a fun experiment! What kind of yeast?

 

[mikelikesit2000]

6.5 gallon boil 60 min

12# LME
3# Marris Otter
1.5 # Orange Blossom Honey
2 oz. Amarillo (60)
2 oz. Amarillo (30)
2 oz. Amarillo (15)
2 oz. Hallertau (1) bet you didnt see that comming-It was left over
WLP 060 American Ale Yeast
8 oz. Amarillo dryhop

 

[AnOldUR]

There’s no way that you could have gotten an 11 point efficiency bump in gravity from 3lbs of grain, and gravity from LME is very predictable. That leaves two things that I can think of that would have effected your OG.

The first, you may have boiled off more than expected, in which case you should have (and still can) topped off to hit your planned fermenter volume. This will correct the high gravity and bring your bitterness ratio to the projected level.

The second possibility (if your final volume was correct) is stratification of the LME and an inaccurate gravity reading. In this case your fine and you can use your estimated OG to determine alcohol content and bitterness ratio. Of the two, this would be my guess.

 

[cactusgarrett]

Anyhow, to solve your problem you might want to prepare a hop tea and add it back to the original batch. Or even add a super high IBU half-gallon batch to it. Be sure to taste your original batch first to make sure it's necessary. Dry hopping, though making it awesome, won't solve the lack of IBU problem.

 

[mikelikesit2000]

There’s no way that you could have gotten an 11 point efficiency bump in gravity from 3lbs of grain, and gravity from LME is very predictable. That leaves two things that I can think of that would have effected your OG.

The first, you may have boiled off more than expected, in which case you should have (and still can) topped off to hit your planned fermenter volume. This will correct the high gravity and bring your bitterness ratio to the projected level.

The second possibility (if your final volume was correct) is stratification of the LME and an inaccurate gravity reading. In this case your fine and you can use your estimated OG to determine alcohol content and bitterness ratio. Of the two, this would be my guess.

I forgot 1 1/2 # of Orange blossom honey.

 

[motobrewer]

6.5 gallon boil 60 min

12# LME
3# Marris Otter
1.5 # Orange Blossom Honey

for 5 gallons post-boil this equates to 1.104 OG

if you get nothing at all from the maris otter, you'll still get 1.101

LME is 38ppg:
(38 ppg *12 pounds) / 5 gallons = 1.0912

Honey is 35ppg:
(35 ppg * 1.5 pounds) / 5 gallons = 1.0105

1.0912 + 1.0105 = 1.1017.

you got 2-3 points from the MO, which is reasonable.

 

[mikelikesit2000]

for 5 gallons post-boil this equates to 1.104 OG

if you get nothing at all from the maris otter, you'll still get 1.101

LME is 38ppg:
(38 ppg *12 pounds) / 5 gallons = 1.0912

Honey is 35ppg:
(35 ppg * 1.5 pounds) / 5 gallons = 1.0105

1.0912 + 1.0105 = 1.1017.

you got 2-3 points from the MO, which is reasonable.

Wow, Thats great. I must have not accounted for the boil off. Even so, if you are coming up with 1.104 then I hit the target OG pretty good.