I brewed a pale ale with about 11 lbs of 2row, 1/4 lb crystal 50, 3/4 lb of dark Munich.
I mashed at 153. Boiled for 60. I did a 45 minute hops stand, chilled to 68 and pitched a properly hydrated safale 05 American dry yeast.
The OG was 1.052 . what I wanted. I aerated my wort with pure oxygen for about a minute to minute and a half. I transfered to a keg to dryhop after about 10 days. The final gravity is 1.006.
Its not a total disaster, tasted fine, I'm just curious why it ended so low (assuming it can't get much lower or at all) . my thermometer was calibrated properly. Hydrometer can be off I suppose, I'll check again with my refractometer even tho that's frowned upon post fermentation.
Any ideas.....id appreciate it.
I mashed at 153. Boiled for 60. I did a 45 minute hops stand, chilled to 68 and pitched a properly hydrated safale 05 American dry yeast.
The OG was 1.052 . what I wanted. I aerated my wort with pure oxygen for about a minute to minute and a half. I transfered to a keg to dryhop after about 10 days. The final gravity is 1.006.
Its not a total disaster, tasted fine, I'm just curious why it ended so low (assuming it can't get much lower or at all) . my thermometer was calibrated properly. Hydrometer can be off I suppose, I'll check again with my refractometer even tho that's frowned upon post fermentation.
Any ideas.....id appreciate it.