littled630
Well-Known Member
Ok i have been brewing extract pilsen light with german hallertau hops and coopers brewing yeast. I do 1 gal batches. I boil water for about 5 minutes to clean it then add my hops and start a timer for 45 min. I then add 1lb of my dme then i add the other 1/2lb of dme 20 min before flame out(i do this to lighten the color). Now my last batch i took a sample and read OG. I think the sample was about 85° still and gave me an OG of 1.068. FG on that batch ended up being 1.012 still came close to my target 1.010. Now the batch i brewed today, i cooled it to 70° before taking my sample and got an OG of 1.090. Is it possible for a ale with these ingredients to reach almost 8% ABV? Or could my hydrometer be bad? Maybe im doing something wrong? Just 1.090 seems really high for an ale, and if it still hits its target FG it will have about 8%ABV!!!