JoeyG2001
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I just boiled my second brew tonight. My first brew gave me a bit of worry but seemed to turn out alright in the end - had some fruity overtones which maybe were the result of some bacteria, but everybody liked it and nobody got sick so I guess it was a success.
I was hoping for this one to go more smoothly. It's an IPA. 6 lbs of malt extract syrup and then another pound I think of powder extract. Plus, we seeped a hefty little bag of grains.
Anyway, the O.G. for the recipe is supposed to be 1.061 to 1.065, but we ended up with 1.052 or so.
The only things that went maybe a bit astray from the directions are that I boiled it a little too vigorously at first perhaps after adding the malt extract and hop pellets. Then, when we transfered the wort over to the fermentation bucket, it said to try to get most of the sediment out, but I tried straining it and it just wouldn't go through except at a slow IV drip pace. So, we ended up with a decent amount of that stuff in the bucket.
Could these things have caused the lower reading? And do you think it'll still come out ok?
I was hoping for this one to go more smoothly. It's an IPA. 6 lbs of malt extract syrup and then another pound I think of powder extract. Plus, we seeped a hefty little bag of grains.
Anyway, the O.G. for the recipe is supposed to be 1.061 to 1.065, but we ended up with 1.052 or so.
The only things that went maybe a bit astray from the directions are that I boiled it a little too vigorously at first perhaps after adding the malt extract and hop pellets. Then, when we transfered the wort over to the fermentation bucket, it said to try to get most of the sediment out, but I tried straining it and it just wouldn't go through except at a slow IV drip pace. So, we ended up with a decent amount of that stuff in the bucket.
Could these things have caused the lower reading? And do you think it'll still come out ok?