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If you post the ingredients, we'd be able to tell what the SG is "supposed" to be. But if you were using a decent kit, I don't think you really need to worry... most of the time if the SG is way off of where it ought to be for the recipe, it just means that the extract and water weren't mixed as thoroughly as they could be. The beer will, in all likelihood, be just fine.

RDWHAHB :)

Lafe

Sorry, should have posted that originally.

6.6 lbs Light Malt Extract 2 lbs Light DME 1 lb 8oz Crushed Crystal Malt 80L 4 oz Crushed Chocolate 4 oz Crushed Black Patent Spices- Orange peel, cinamon, ginger 1 1/2 oz Nugget hops (bittering) 1 oz Willamette Hops (finishing)

As of this morning, evrything is normal. The yeast has taken off, but not as strong as I would have thought with all that sugar??!!!

Thanks aga>> I brewed my 3rd homebrew tonight and ran into to a problem. All 3 have >> been

For that extract/grain bill ProMash gives me an estimate of 1.074 OG. My bet is that it just wasn't mixed completely when you took the reading.

It should be fine!

-- Lafe

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It's fermenting very strong. I thought about it later and came to the same conclusion. I originally started out with a turkey fryer, but kept reading how bad tha aluminum was, so I never used it for brewing. I went to an enamel coated pot for a temporary fix, but it's too small. That's where I think the problem came in. I followed the instructions, but instead of a 2 gallon wort,I started with 3 1\2 gallon, then added 1 1\2 gallons of water to the batch after. It's always worked before, but I added a new problem. I switched from my plastic primary, where I poured the wort into the water where it mixed, to a 6 1\2 carboy, where I siphoned the wort in the water and shook it as good as you can.

I've learned my less>> Sorry, should have posted that originally.