mw20

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Since switching to all grain I have consistently been using my hydrometer. Didn't care so much before but now I understand it more. I want to brew the best beer I can and it is a very important piece of equipment.

mw20

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I didn't use my hydrometer much until recently but now I understand it more and use it all the time. I'm doing a brown ale now which should finish @1.012, it stopped at 1.018. I didn't what it that sweet and got it going again. I want to brew the best beer I can and the hydrometer is an important piece of equipment to achieve this.

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I think you need to remember that this is not your bank account and the hydrometer is a TOOL to be used in conjunction with other tools.

Example if I brewed a 1.050 OG beer and after 2 weeks it was supposed to be at 1.014...

If it is 2 weeks and i am at 1.015 great bottle it
If it is 2 week and i am at 1.030 DONT bottle it
If it is 2 weeks and i am at 1.019 maybe i wait maybe not, is there krausen, does it look clear, maybe see if it is stable for 3 days then go ahead and bottle it
If it is a 1.022 at 4 weeks you figure you better bottle anyways cause not much is prolly gonna change at that point.

Your hygrometer is not an absolute YES or NO magic 8 ball. Sure you can ignore it, but it is so easy to use and will enlighten you to HOW the beer grows and matures, gimme a good reason NOT to use it outside of this ONE batch... really?


MW20: what do you mean you got it going again? Added more yeast, agitated it, moved it to a warmer location, more priming sugar, do tell!

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I used a little yeast from a starter I did for another batch and it fermented out some more.