Screwed Up Water Calculations - should I dump it or try to make it work?

[slatebrew]

Brewing an all grain saison. Screwed up my water calculations (as best as I can tell) and when I got to the boil OG was off 1.045 target to 1.032 actual, so efficiency is at 45%. Is this worth saving or do I dump it and start all over again?

 

[gwcr]

Brewing an all grain saison. Screwed up my water calculations (as best as I can tell) and when I got to the boil OG was off 1.045 target to 1.032 actual, so efficiency is at 45%. Is this worth saving or do I dump it and start all over again?

No reason to dump it IMO. Have any DME you could add to pump your gravity up to where you want it?

 

[avidhomebrewer]

Agreed. Don't dump it. Adjust the gravity accordingly. Maybe your gravity reading was off.

 

[slatebrew]

Thanks for the advice. I added some DME and got it back in range!

 

[huge1s]

Thanks for the advice. I added some DME and got it back in range!

I had to do this recently on a broken hefe. DME did the trick... not what I would have wanted to do, but better than dumping 5 gallons a several hours down the drain. I took a sample when doing a hydrometer reading and it tasted fine.