Over shot my O.G on my Old Ale. Problem?

[Seanysean]

Normally with my setup (10 gallon Mash tun & HLT + 15.5 gallon Keggle) I have an issue with under shooting my O.G. So today I brewed my Old Ale recipe:

18 lbs 12.0 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
4.0 oz Carafa III
2.00 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
1 lbs Treacle [Boil for 10 min]
1.0 pkg Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007)

I hit a pre-boil g of 1.090, so I felt pretty good. A did a 2L starter for three days and thought the yeast would hold up. But then I had to take 3 readings to make sure but my O.G ended up 1.136.

I finally got my high OG but after talking to a fellow brewer, this may be too high. Is this something I should worry about? Should I add some yeast nutrient? Any Ideas?

 

[Brewtah]

Looks like you made your self a Barley Wine. Hopefully other members will reply with some hints, but I would ferment on the lower side until your about 80% through inital fermentation. Then increase your temps a little at a time until you hit 70

 

[zachattack]

Are you sure your hydrometer is accurate? Check in in some clean water.

Otherwise, the only way to get from a 1.090 preboil to a 1.136 postboil (assuming your readings are correct, adjusted for temp, etc.) is to reduce your volume by about 34%. So if your preboil volume was 7 gallons, that means you had 4.63 gallons post-boil. How good are you at hitting your target post-sparge volume? Do you have a very consistent boiloff rate?

I'd probably dilute it a little, that way the beer is still the beer you intended.

 

[AnOldUR]

Lemme guess, you fell asleep during the boil?