Quick Question

[beaksnbeer]

COOOOOL!!!! Thanks for all your help brother.. let you guys know how it comes out.

Remember readings are set for 60* sample if temps are higher you will need to adjust, many new brewers do not take this into account when reading their OG/FG......my.02

 

[emjay]

Remember readings are set for 60* sample if temps are higher you will need to adjust, many new brewers do not take this into account when reading their OG/FG......my.02

Not necessarily 60... mine is calibrated to 68°. But good point.

 

[Dons]

Rocket, just a suggestion. Papazian's book is good, but is getting a bit out of date. Palmer is the way to go - but his on-line version, as indicated above, is abbreviated. It is also an older edition with some holes. If you are serious about sticking with brewing, I'd really suggest biting the bullet and buying the latest version of Palmer's book. It is current (Third Edition, 2006, iirc), well written and not many errors (ignore the sentence about sparge water needs to be 1.5 x mash water - haha). I am not affiliated with Mr. Palmer in any way. lol.

 

[bonzombiekitty]

According to the recipe you posted, your OG would have been somewhere in the vicinity of 1.042 and that's only if you had mashed your grain. Since you didn't mash your grain, your OG was lower than that, so 1.03 isn't entirely unlikely.