Wort gravity should increase during boil?

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iancraig

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Hello all,

I would expect the wort gravity to increase during the boil, as the evaporation leaves a higher concentration of sugars behind. But last night it didn't work out like that :wha:

I started with 11 litres at 1043 and ended-up with 9 litres also at 1043. The volume loss is in line with what I read on previous threads here (I did quite a long boil). But I thought the final gravity should have been higher.

Either I messed up reading the final gravity or I am wrong to think that the wort gravity should increase.

Any thoughts?

Many thanks,

Ian
 
It does.... did you temperature correct your readings ?
 
theres a temp correction calculator top left in banner.
 
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