mggray87
Well-Known Member
Ok let's start by beersmith and my numbers. My mash. When drained. I was close to the numbers. 1.058 and about 8g maybe a tad more. Beersmith preboil 1.061 and 7.98g. I was darn happy with that.
While it was coming up to a boil I stirred the wort with my whisk to make sure it was mixed when I took a sample with my easydens. I let it cool downz tested 3 times and all 1.058. Again I was happy. Now during the boil I boil off 1.73g. That's what my beersmith is set up for. 10 min remaining in the boil the recipe called for 1lb dextrose. I had a 1lb bag ready to go. (I didn't actually weigh it, I should have). I forgot to add it. Dummy, I added the hops at the 10 min mark, whirlfloc but forgot the dextrose. I remembered when it was about 3 min left in boil. So I cut it open turned off element and dumped it in and stirred away. Then turned element back on and finished the boil. Then I chilled through whirlpool and CFC. To 165* and added more.hops to whirlpool for 20 min. Anyways. When I got it into the fermenter. I tested the wort which said 1.077. Im so confused, that sound really low. With boiling down my wort and adding the 1lb bag of dextrose. Beersmith says it should be 1.087. I don't expect to knock it on the head but I'd figure 1.084 or so. So what possibly could have happened? All dextrose didn't fully dissolve since I put it in 2 min left in boil? Whirlpool should have helped dissolve it.
I went in to beersmith and I was curious if I deleted the 1lb dextrose to see what the post boil gravity should be. And it said 1.079. So basically I'm below the gravity that beersmith says without dextrose. But yet I put it is. I feel like a big L. Looooooseerrr.
I couldnt sleep last night just trying to figure out what happened. Haha I was thinking and thinking.
All aside it's fermenting like crazy right now
While it was coming up to a boil I stirred the wort with my whisk to make sure it was mixed when I took a sample with my easydens. I let it cool downz tested 3 times and all 1.058. Again I was happy. Now during the boil I boil off 1.73g. That's what my beersmith is set up for. 10 min remaining in the boil the recipe called for 1lb dextrose. I had a 1lb bag ready to go. (I didn't actually weigh it, I should have). I forgot to add it. Dummy, I added the hops at the 10 min mark, whirlfloc but forgot the dextrose. I remembered when it was about 3 min left in boil. So I cut it open turned off element and dumped it in and stirred away. Then turned element back on and finished the boil. Then I chilled through whirlpool and CFC. To 165* and added more.hops to whirlpool for 20 min. Anyways. When I got it into the fermenter. I tested the wort which said 1.077. Im so confused, that sound really low. With boiling down my wort and adding the 1lb bag of dextrose. Beersmith says it should be 1.087. I don't expect to knock it on the head but I'd figure 1.084 or so. So what possibly could have happened? All dextrose didn't fully dissolve since I put it in 2 min left in boil? Whirlpool should have helped dissolve it.
I went in to beersmith and I was curious if I deleted the 1lb dextrose to see what the post boil gravity should be. And it said 1.079. So basically I'm below the gravity that beersmith says without dextrose. But yet I put it is. I feel like a big L. Looooooseerrr.
I couldnt sleep last night just trying to figure out what happened. Haha I was thinking and thinking.
All aside it's fermenting like crazy right now