verysupple
Supremely mediocre brewer
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I brewed a kit weissbier last night and was expecting an OG of about 1.053 (calculated using the spreadsheet from here and another online calculator) but measured it at 1.046. I think I might have gone wrong when I boiled my hops. I boiled them for 30 min in 4L of water and LME (~500g - should have given roughly 1.040 SG) and expected it to darken a bit because I have read that happens when you boil LME. What I wasn't expecting was for it to significantly reduce the OG of the whole batch (and therefore I guess flavour). Have I missed something about boiling hops/malt here or is it more likely that the calculations were inaccurate?
Cheers in advance for any help.
Cheers in advance for any help.