Low starting gravity, keeping anyway!

[Skullfingr]

Just made a pumpkin ale! Used the rest of my 50/50 2row/6row mix with pumpkin and spices. The wort smelled and tasted JUST like pumpkin pie, which is good, but the starting gravity was about 1.028 - 1.03 which is low but I figure it's worth keeping for the flavor alone. It's a bummer that the alcohol will be that low but I suppose it's not a complete loss!

 

[Skullfingr]

Very strange. I took another measurement because I was going to add some brown sugar to raise the gravity. I shook it up in order to get everything mixed well for the measurement, and now it's reading 1.042. There was some emulsification so perhaps that was the problem!

 

[TedsExcellentAdventure]

Was the wort cooled down to room temperature?

if not then you would need to make adjustments, depending on how warm you would need to add a few gravity points.

for instance I think my hydrometer says at 80* you need to add 0.020 to your reading


Cheers, hope this helps and good luck with the brew sounds great