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this weekend i was making a simple blond ale. I decided to use my cooler mash-tun for this batch where my efficiency has been in the mid to high 60's The OG target was 1.049 but i actually got 1.060! based on a higher than anticipated pre boil gravity i added a few more hops to balance it out so now ill have more of a light-pale ale. thats fine. but what is really strange is i forgot the phosphoric acid that i was needing to get the PH in line YET still got an incredible OG. there are probably many reasons this happened but my question is this... can i dilute it prior to kegging? i really do not want a stronger than 5% ABV beer (long story)?