May have screwed up my O.G. sample

[azlane]

I took the sample after adding ice to the wort but before shaking the bucket. I noticed the sample was much lighter in color than the wort but didn't think much of it until the reading later came in at 1.01. I am thinking it may have primarily consisted of water that melted off the ice.

Is the OG important enough to use a wine thief and open up the primary for another sample before it starts fermenting (it has only been 1 hr)?

Or do I assume it was close to the 1.04 that the extract recipe stated?

 

[MalFet]

With an extract recipe, so long as you use all the ingredients and the right amour of water, you are pretty much guaranteed to hit your gravity numbers. No worries.