johnnie
Well-Known Member
Just did a Coopers English bitter kit tonight using 500g of malt extract as suggested on the tin. The OG was only 1026 which means I'd end up with a very weak beer of around 2%. I quickly mixed up another 500g with about a litre of water and dumped this in. The reading then went up to 1040. Which is a bit more reasonable. Anyone any ideas why the first reading was so low or did I get the amounts of dried malt wrong?