gwhite94621
Active Member
I am on my second time brewing a Scottish strong ale and each time my OG has been much lower than I expected. I am hoping someone can give me a little advice on what may be going wrong.
Here is my recipe: https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/scottish-ale-97ed79
First round was a 1 gallon batch, second round was a 5 and I've double checked that I scaled everything up properly. As you can see BrewToad estimates an OG of 1.097, my OGs have been 1.048 and 1.05
Given the recipe seems built with plenty of fermentables, I am wondering if there is a problem in either my extraction, or my source.
Is there an easy way to verify the the liquid malt extract I am purchasing has the levels of sugars it ought to?
Here is my recipe: https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/scottish-ale-97ed79
First round was a 1 gallon batch, second round was a 5 and I've double checked that I scaled everything up properly. As you can see BrewToad estimates an OG of 1.097, my OGs have been 1.048 and 1.05
Given the recipe seems built with plenty of fermentables, I am wondering if there is a problem in either my extraction, or my source.
Is there an easy way to verify the the liquid malt extract I am purchasing has the levels of sugars it ought to?