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What the heck!?!?
Question:
: I just finished brewing Old Bavarian Dunkles Weissbier (from the book : Classic Beer Styles Series 7: German Wheat Beer). The book calls for 4 : pounds of dark malt extract, 4 pounds of Wheat malt extract and 0.8g of : Hallertauer hops. The book says I should get an original gravity reading : of 1.050. I got a gravity reading of 1.020. : Did this guy (author) have too many homebrews and was therefor unable to : read the dial? Or am I overlooking something? Try stirring your wort, sounds like an incomplete mix -chad : Matt Wilson : Carleton University : Erotic Politics III : www homepage http://chat.carleton.ca/~mwilson
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I just finished brewing Old Bavarian Dunkles Weissbier (from the book Classic Beer Styles Series 7: German Wheat Beer). The book calls for 4 pounds of dark malt extract, 4 pounds of Wheat malt extract and 0.8g of Hallertauer hops. The book says I should get an original gravity reading of 1.050. I got a gravity reading of 1.020. Did this guy (author) have too many homebrews and was therefor unable to read the dial? Or am I overlooking something? Matt Wilson Carleton University Erotic Politics III www homepage http://chat.carleton.ca/~mwilson
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I just finished brewing Old Bavarian Dunkles Weissbier (from the book Classic Beer Styles Series 7: German Wheat Beer). The book calls for 4 pounds of dark malt extract, 4 pounds of Wheat malt extract and 0.8g of Hallertauer hops. The book says I should get an original gravity reading of 1.050. I got a gravity reading of 1.020. Did this guy (author) have too many homebrews and was therefor unable to read the dial? Or am I overlooking something?
Assuming this is a 5 gallon batch, 1.050 is about what I’d expect with that much malt extract, and 1.020 is *way* low. Are you sure your wort was well mixed, so that the SG was uniform throughout the batch? Many people boil their wort in part of their water, then add cold water to the boiled wort to bring the batch up to their final volume. Unless you mix very well after adding the extra water, you can get stratification where part of the wort is very concentrated, and the other part is very dilute. Could that be what you’re seeing? I would suggest swirling or shaking your fermenter to remix, then try another reading. — dave whitman "The opinions expressed are those of the They made me say that. Really.