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Nov 14, 2010 at 17:08 vote accept Joe Phillips
Nov 13, 2010 at 0:48 comment added Morgan Another note, the wort will take up less volume as it cools, so if you measure it as 5 when it's boiling, it'll likely condense to 4.X after it cools. This might be the case if your OG was higher than the recipe, for example.
Nov 13, 2010 at 0:43 comment added Morgan Yes this. Or you could not be boiling long enough or vigorous enough. a lower OG indicates you have too much water for the given fermentable sugar content of the recipe.
Nov 12, 2010 at 16:20 history answered Tristan CC BY-SA 2.5