OG off

[illomenbrewery]

I did my first all grain batch today but missed my OG by a good margin. My recipe said I should have an OG of 1.052 but I hit closer to 1.025. I already pitched the yeast and my FG should be 1.010. Since I missed my starting gravity by so much will this batch come out ok? I am guessing that my alcohol content will probably be skewed, but what will the missed gravity do to the batch?

 

[brew_ny]

my bad

all the best

S_M

 

[Kee]

According to brewers friend, ( http://www.brewersfriend.com/abv-calculator/), those readings will give you around a 2% beer. Why don't you post your recipe and process? Someone may have suggestions whether or not add fermentables at this point.

 

[illomenbrewery]

SMASH Saison

10.5 lbs 2 row pale malt
6.8 AAU Saaz (60 mins)
Wyeast 3724 Belgian Saision


mash temp 150 degrees for 60 mins
75 min boil with 1 addition of hops at 60 mins
wort chilled to 72 degrees and yeast was pitched

 

[ricshayne]

Did you account for the temperature of the wort when you took your gravity reading?

 

[flars]

What was your preboil volume and the volume in the fermentor?
More details of your mash volume and time.

 

[illomenbrewery]

My preboil volume was 6.5 gallons and had about 4.5 gallons in fermentor. i mashed with about 4.5 gallons at 165 degrees. i then batch sparged until i got the 6.5 gallon pre boil volume. but now that i think of it my readings could be way off because it probably wasnt the right temperature.

 

[Kee]

My preboil volume was 6.5 gallons and had about 4.5 gallons in fermentor. i mashed with about 4.5 gallons at 165 degrees. i then batch sparged until i got the 6.5 gallon pre boil volume. but now that i think of it my readings could be way off because it probably wasnt the right temperature.

You are probably right about the reading being way off, that is the most likely explanation, after seeing your grain bill and process. Even if your efficiency was on the low side the OG would not have been off by more than a few points.

 

[illomenbrewery]

thanks for the feedback... i was getting a little panicked lol