think I overshot my BG

[winzerz]

brewed a midwest kit scotish ale 80/-

called for a 90 min boil

so after reading about full boils I did a 4 gal boil

added 1/4 lme and 1/4 dme at start of boil

at 60 min called for second hops addition

I set the timer for 20 min and added the rest of the lme/dme at 10 min before

flameout

everything went well but recipe said og should be 1.048 - 1.054

mine was 1.061

fg suppose to be 1.012-1.014

wonder what this will finish out as?

 

[dontman]

Assuming this was primarily an extract batch and your finish volume was correct then chances are bettter that your wort was unevenly mixed when you took the reading.

 

[Irish1225]

you add the rest of the water to 5 gal?

 

[winzerz]

this had steeping grains and yes I topped it to 5 gal

used a large whisk for 5 min or so and took the sample

let sit till bubbles went away

 

[winzerz]

man this has been a serious ferment

I still wonder what I may end up with?

 

[Brewsmith]

What was your recipe? If it's mostly extract, it's pretty easy to figure out the numbers.

How did you take the reading?

 

[brown_dog_us]

This is copied from Midewest's site

" 6 lbs. Gold liquid malt extract, 1 lb. Amber DME, 4 oz. Biscuit, 8 oz. Caramel 40°L, 4 oz. Chocolate, 2 oz. Special B, 1 oz. Peat malt specialaty grains, .5 oz. Perle, 1 oz. Tradition, priming sugar, muslin bag, and yeast."

When I typed these numbers into Beer Smith I got 1.058. That isn't very far off the 1.061 you have. I wouldn't worry.