I started brewing beer about 10 months ago with about 10 successful brews under my belt and no disasters.
Brewed a beer a couple nights ago following a recipe I did before.
The last time I got an OG of 1.050 and about 21 litres into the fermenter.
This time I got an OG of 1.070. I topped up with water to 23 liters to reduce the OG and got it down to 1.060.
My grain bill was 5kg maris otter and 200g wheat.
The only thing I did different was crush the grain myself for the first time with the malt mill that I made.
Not sure if I was getting poor efficiency before or just really good efficiency now. I don't know how to work it out.
Is 1.060 still too high? Will it have a strong taste of alcohol? Can I water it down with cooled boiled water when priming without loosing bitterness or flavour?
Gravity too high
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Re: Gravity too high
I would leave it and try it. Personally I had one brew meant to be 1055 that came in at 1075, and it was a great brew!
Getting 1070 from 5K is very good. Did you stir the wort before taking the OG? As it can be stratified.
Getting 1070 from 5K is very good. Did you stir the wort before taking the OG? As it can be stratified.
Re: Gravity too high
I had just transferred it to the fermenter from the brew pot, it was well mixed.
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Re: Gravity too high
My efficiency went up 14% when I used my mill compared to getting the grains milled at the LHBS.toylander wrote: The only thing I did different was crush the grain myself for the first time with the malt mill that I made.
I'm just here for the beer.