Dunkelweizenpants
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Hi guys,
Been brewing extract for about 2 years and have a question about taking gravity readings. I recently brewed a very hoppy amber ale which included adding 1.5oz of hops at knockout. Transferred to primary and took a reading that was MUCH higher than I had calculated (I was shooting for 1.072 and hit 1.086). There were plenty of hops in suspension in the hydrometer tube.
Fast forward 5 days, fermentation is still pretty active and I took a sample (I use Better Bottle with a spigot) and there were still plenty of hops in suspension in the hydrometer tube. Gravity read 1.030.
I left this sample with hydrometer in place sitting out overnight. A sediment formed in the bottom of the hydrometer tube and my hydrometer now read 1.026.
Question - did the gravity drop .004 points because the hops in suspension had settled out, or due to something else? Wondering now what my true OG reading was...
Thanks!
Been brewing extract for about 2 years and have a question about taking gravity readings. I recently brewed a very hoppy amber ale which included adding 1.5oz of hops at knockout. Transferred to primary and took a reading that was MUCH higher than I had calculated (I was shooting for 1.072 and hit 1.086). There were plenty of hops in suspension in the hydrometer tube.
Fast forward 5 days, fermentation is still pretty active and I took a sample (I use Better Bottle with a spigot) and there were still plenty of hops in suspension in the hydrometer tube. Gravity read 1.030.
I left this sample with hydrometer in place sitting out overnight. A sediment formed in the bottom of the hydrometer tube and my hydrometer now read 1.026.
Question - did the gravity drop .004 points because the hops in suspension had settled out, or due to something else? Wondering now what my true OG reading was...
Thanks!