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Hi all,
First post, although I'm a long time user of the site. To be honest, its my very first time posting onto any sort of forum, so apologies if its in the wrong place or anything!!!
I've been having a somewhat minor problem for a while now and its giving me a major headache trying to work out what the problem is, hoping for opinions.
All my Original Gravity readings are way off going into fermentor. For example, expected OG of 1.057, real OG of 1.070! This isn't a one off, and has been happening consistently for ages.
Now i appreciate that its not the end of the world and diluting the wort will result in more beer of the desired strength, but its driving me mad trying to work out why its happening!
All ingredients are measured, my equipment has been calibrated, all measurements are temperature corrected and most importantly all wort has been thoroughly mixed. In fact, as i'm doing full boils mixing is a total non-issue.
As i'm using dried extract and steeping grains it's not a question of efficiency as the steeping grains add so little to the gravity.
I was thinking maybe is the dried extract stronger in terms of gravity ppg than both the recipe calculator and indeed the suppliers website suggest? It's a long shot, but possible?
I'm quite happy to listen to any suggestions, i reckon i've thought of everything my teeny mind can comprehend, and if I have to read "maybe you didn't mix it thoroughly enough" from any more internet searches I'll go blind.
Cheers,
Kev
First post, although I'm a long time user of the site. To be honest, its my very first time posting onto any sort of forum, so apologies if its in the wrong place or anything!!!
I've been having a somewhat minor problem for a while now and its giving me a major headache trying to work out what the problem is, hoping for opinions.
All my Original Gravity readings are way off going into fermentor. For example, expected OG of 1.057, real OG of 1.070! This isn't a one off, and has been happening consistently for ages.
Now i appreciate that its not the end of the world and diluting the wort will result in more beer of the desired strength, but its driving me mad trying to work out why its happening!
All ingredients are measured, my equipment has been calibrated, all measurements are temperature corrected and most importantly all wort has been thoroughly mixed. In fact, as i'm doing full boils mixing is a total non-issue.
As i'm using dried extract and steeping grains it's not a question of efficiency as the steeping grains add so little to the gravity.
I was thinking maybe is the dried extract stronger in terms of gravity ppg than both the recipe calculator and indeed the suppliers website suggest? It's a long shot, but possible?
I'm quite happy to listen to any suggestions, i reckon i've thought of everything my teeny mind can comprehend, and if I have to read "maybe you didn't mix it thoroughly enough" from any more internet searches I'll go blind.
Cheers,
Kev