Just brewed my first batch. Got the recipe off Beersmith for a Citric IPA. My measured OG was 1.07 which according to my hydrometer scale was way out of the beer range. Beersmith suggested I should have gotten about 1.05. Alas, I panicked and diluted it with a gallon of distilled water to get it down to 1.05.... Now days later I see IPA OG's fall up to and even over 1.07... What have I done?!? I'm sure it'll be fine, but what can expect from my blunder?
You mean it came in at 1.070, which was over what the recipe called for which was a 1.050? What can you expect? A good problem of at least a gallon more beer. I'd much rather have my gravity come in over my target than under it. Under it means I have to work, and risk making silly decisions Ignore it, and take a gravity reading in a week. My guess is if you used beersmith to generate your recipe that the recipe is designed for a different system, or for a larger batch and what you got is probably "accurate" for what you are brewing on and with.
