ZD Clone 2.5G v2 - mod hops bill Brew Session

1.034 gravity at 130 pre-boil ~5gal volume (overdid it on sparge volume), 1.048 adjusted for temp (3.5 to sparge rather than 3.1), guessing a bit below on the necessary boil time (75) and boil loss/hr (1.25) 0.25 Citra added after 20 min (so 55 from end if 75 total) 0.50 after 60 so maybe 15 from end gas tank empty after about 65, so we'll just have to see what happens from here ;-) hop stand at about 170 for 30 mins gravity post boil and cooling very disappointing 1.044??, a little over 3 gal to fermenter. As if the hops addition soaked up the sugar or something? Discovered that the thermometer I'm using reads 8 to 10 degrees too high which might partially explain the poor yield 7June2016 transfer to 3 1-gal secondary bottles. 1.006 gravity. Not much taste. 10June2016 transfer back to bucket so no need to deal with leaf hops in bottles. Added 1.5 oz citra dry hops 15June remove hops w metal spoon, add another 1oz citra either contaminated this or it got too hot (one day at 78F) - ended up with nail polish remover aroma and taste during dry-hopping. Awful - undrinkable!!