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How do you calculate how much extract to add if you don't hit your target gravity pre-boil?
Planning to do my first all-grain BIAB. If miss my target gravity after mashing, how do I figure out how much extract to add before I start the boil in order to reach that OG?
I would imagine ...
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Does a malt “late addition” affect OG?
I'm following a recipe from a book for an IPA that calls for the following (simplified) steps:
Boil water (3G/11L)
Add Light DME (1lb/450g) & return to boil
Add hops
At 45 mins, add LME ...
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What to do when gravity comes out too low?
We brewed a maibock (from an extract kit) and when we checked our OG it was significantly lower than it should have been. I mean like, really, really low. We decided to attribute this to the wort not ...
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Original Gravity: Calculate or measure
I've been told that for extract brewing it's best to simply calculate the original gravity instead of measuring it. Is this correct? What are the pros/cons either way? What about with ...
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Didn't hit gravity--how to calculate how much malt extract to add to the fermenter?
Lets say you were aiming for 1.047 but only hit 1.032. In a 5 gallon batch, how much malt extract would you need to add to the fermenter to bring it up to the desired gravity?
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What effect would using less LME than called for have?
I just brewed a recipe for a biggish beer that calls for 6.6 lbs of light LME and 2.75 lbs of light DME. Given that I always mess up at least one thing when I brew, I measured out 2.75 lbs of DME and ...
