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Chris oneill
New Member
Username: Johannas123
Post Number: 1
Registered: 08-2008
Posted From: 161.150.2.57
| | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:06 pm: | 
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obviously there are many things to go wrong while making beer and i am new to this BB but i just started brewing a few weeks back and the first batch which was a kit worked perfect (nut brown) and after this early success i was super happy. moving on from there we talked to the guy at the local brew shop and he gave us a recipe of his own for an amber ale. well from the start the OG was quite a bit lower than what we wanted and i was wonder what this could be attributed to. |
Dan Listermann
Senior Member
Username: Listermann
Post Number: 5743
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 65.29.223.32
| | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:19 pm: |
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If you did a partial boil, there is a very good chance that the wort was stratified and the hydrometer read low.
What were the ingredients to the kit. Five gallons, right? |
Vance Barnes
Senior Member
Username: Vancebarnes
Post Number: 3334
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 74.7.7.66
| | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:38 pm: |
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If you didn't boil the entire volume then Dan's got the ticket. Even if you think you completely mixed the wort and water the temperature differences cause stratification.
Unless you're mashing it's almost impossible to not hit the calculated OG. 2 cans of LME or 2 3lb bags of DME are going to give you a gravity close to 1.060. |
Chris oneill
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Username: Johannas123
Post Number: 2
Registered: 08-2008
Posted From: 161.150.2.57
| | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:45 pm: |
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yea 5 gallons we used all dry malt actually used a lot looking for higher gravity dont quote me but i believe that it was 3 bags of pilsen malt two types of crystal (brisse?) for steeping then a couple of different types of hops also a california style yeast sorry if i am not that informative i have the recipe at home and i am at work |
Chris oneill
New Member
Username: Johannas123
Post Number: 3
Registered: 08-2008
Posted From: 161.150.2.57
| | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:47 pm: |
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now when we talk about boiling the entire volume are we talking about boiling 5 galls for the wort |
Michael Boyd
Intermediate Member
Username: Mlboyd
Post Number: 361
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 69.85.158.6
| | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 07:07 pm: |
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Chris, how many pounds of dry malt? You say Pilsen dry malt? I’ve never heard of it, but that doesn’t mean much. The crystal will add very little to the OG, so for your purposes I’d just take the pounds of malt, for example 5, times 1.46 = 5.23. Divide by the number of gallons to the fermenter, again for example 5, = 1.046 OG.
As Vance says, if you’re not getting calculated OG, it’s probably the measuring technique. Post the entire recipe and you’ll get lots of help. |
Denny Conn
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Username: Denny
Post Number: 6869
Registered: 01-2001
Posted From: 140.211.82.4
| | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 07:11 pm: |
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Actually, since some liquid will evaporate during the boil, you need to boil maybe 6.5-7 gal. for a 5 gal. batch. |
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