Gravity not adding up?

[franklinswheat]

Ok so i brewed a holiday style ale with honey, black patent ginger cinnamon etc. og was supposed to be between 1.054-1.060 i added about 6 oz of pear nector during my boil and i remember the og when i measured prior to pitching yeast being at about 1.050 not that far off. the fg is supposed to be between 1.018 and 1.026 and i ended up with 1.010.. any chance that small amount of pear nector had that large of an influence on fg or does everybody just think i measured the sg wrong the first time?

 

[Skaggz]

Recipe?

 

[franklinswheat]

6.6 LBS GOLD MALT EXTRACT
1LB HONEY
1/2 LB 60l CRYSTAL
2OZ BLACK PATENT
2OZ CASCADE HOPS
1/2 OZ FUGGLE FINISHING HOPS
1 OZ GINGER
1/2 OZ CINNIMON
6OZ PEAR NECTOR (I ADDED)

USED WHITLE LABS LIQUID YEAST

 

[frazier]

Your intial reading was probably (almost certainly) wrong. No biggie - for extract batches, it's better to just calculate the OG and measure the FG.

The pear nectar wouldn't change much - a point or two at most.

With a pound of simple sugar (honey) in there, your FG seems about right. At any rate, it is what it is. Predicting the FG is a lot of guesswork, involving yeast, temperature, phase of the moon, and other variables. Bound to be inaccurate. On the plus side, you have beer! Enjoy!

 

[rocketman768]

Who says this is supposed to finish at 1.018-1.026? The OG is only 1.050, and more than that, you have a large portion of simple sugars in the form of honey and nectar, which will completely ferment out and thin out the FG. Most yeast attenuation is about 70%, so if the recipe didn't have simple sugars, I would expect the FG to be about 30/100 * 50 points = 15 points (1.015). So, with the addition of honey and nectar, 1.010 seems perfectly normal.

 

[franklinswheat]

thats what the recipe said it was supposed to be.. i added the nector afterward thats why i ask.