OG only 1.030??? Help me!

[Hardball]

I did the FAt Tire Clone mini mash kit from AHB and after almost 3 hours of brewing I get a OG of 1.030????????????????????????

WTF!!! This was my first mini-mash and probably my 10th brew ever, but I have never missed an OG by that much???????????????

I followed the directions exactly, read posts from others on here that made the same kit and even contacted Austin about any questions I had. Very disappointing to say the least.

Any suggestions on how I can save this?

 

[shlap]

Hmmm...when did you take the gravity reading? What temp was the wort when you took the reading? How did you collect the wort for the reading?

 

[Hardball]

Took gravity reading just before pitching yeast. Temp was bout 65-70 and I drew the reading from the top by dipping in a sanitized measuring cup.

 

[The Pol]

I am drinking the AHS all grain Fat Tire now... it is soooo good, converted a chick to homebrew with it too.

Pol

 

[Willsellout]

I don't see how this is possible? I mean it comes with LME too correct? How could it be that low?


Dan

 

[Evets]

Did you add any top-up water? If so, did you stir it in well?

 

[Hardball]

Topped it off with 3 gals of cold water to make 5.25 gals. The kit came with LME...that is why I am stumped as well.

 

[Gregg Meyer]

This not me spaeking but my mentor says that off reading can come from the random where and when of drawing a sample, you may have just drawn a sample that was not accurate to what is really going on in there. My reading have been off too. Funny thing is the beer is so good I don't have a clue if they are or not nor do I care? AHHh NO. DA Beer is still good with out even taking a reading.

did my first AG a month plus ago. Just tried it tonight, wow, I will not buy commercial beer ever again unless I have to. This home brew stuff REALLY rocks.

Gregg,

 

[Hardball]

There was no way I was going to be able to sleep for the next 6 weeks so I opened the primary and took another sample. This time it read 1.048! Whew...

...the only thing I can think it was that I took the sample after topping off but before stirring to aerate. Anyway, looks like I might be ok-unless I contaminated the wort when I opened it up???????????

 

[Yeast Infection]

Im am not familiar with these kits, but how much LME did it come with?

edit: never mind then, good job, and no, i highly doubt you contaminated anything when you opened your fermenter (unless you used a nasty dirty "thing" to collect the sample of wort, or if you spat in it, that would be bad)

enjoy**

 

[Hardball]

Thanks everybody....if there is one thing you probably never learn in this hobby, it is never assume the worst-it is probably not that bad after all!!!!!!!!