Overshot my gravity (again), should I top up with water???

[brobeman]

I usually have problems with blowing past my gravity target and today did so again while brewing NB's Plinian Legacy. The recipe is for 6 gallons with an OG of 1.070. Due to the massive amount of hop in the brew kettle I could only pull off about 5 gallons, but current gravity is 1.079. I've never topped up to achieve volume/gravity targets before so thought to ask. I'll obviously be watering down the beer, but I can hit the volume/gravity target and end up with a full keg after a massive amount of dry hops.

Any opinions on topping up?

Regards,
Brobeman

 

[duboman]

There is no problem with topping off if you like but if this is a consistent issue you'd be best to scale your efficiency up when calcualting your recipes

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[brobeman]

Thanks! I usually do back off on NB's grain bills by 10% or so, but forgot about it this time. I'm going to add .7 gal to hit the OG target. Thanks.

Brobe