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Upon brewing another beer today and looking at the hydrometer carefully (this one), I believe I made an error in measurement and read off of the Brix scale, not the and measured using the brix scale, not the gravity scale. 20 brix is about equivalent to 1.080 hydrometer - this doesnt make complete sense, but I am guessing a higher measurement of 1.080 was ...

The original gravity reading was probably low due to insufficient mixing. Unless you stir the wort vigorously for a good while, it will stratify with sugary wort at the bottom and thin wort at the top. See this question for more details about why your starting gravity might be low. The final gravity reading is probably correct. Did you taste the beer ...