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    First Partial Mash = Low OG

    I figured I had slightly over 2.5 gallons after the boil, all went into the fermentor less the 2 quarts. Now that I think about it, that was really stupid on my part to toss out 20% of my wort. I then topped it off with about 3 gallons of water to get to my 5 gallon mark. The gravity reading...
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    First Partial Mash = Low OG

    All very good information guys. J A - you're correct when you say none of this is adding up, and yes I went with a partial mash / partial boil method. There's one tiny little error from my original post. When I said I added 6# of DME, that should have really said 3# (ok, so that's a big...
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    First Partial Mash = Low OG

    The LHBS did it for me. Bought it from a pretty reputable place, so I'm trusting they know what they are doing more than I do. What does the increase in water/grain ratio buy you? I posted the recipe I used if that will help Nosybear. Regarding the boil off of .3 gallons, wouldn't it actually...
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    First Partial Mash = Low OG

    Hey all. First time posting here and somewhat new to brewing. I've got 3 extract recipes under my belt and wanted to give partial mashing a shot, which I did last night. Researched the bejesus out of this before tackling, and thought I had it all figured out, but I ended up missing my target OG...

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