potosky36
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I am currently brewing my first home-brew. I accidentally forgot to take an original gravity reading before i began fermentation. It has been fermenting for almost ten days. According to the recipe the original gravity should have been between 1.040 and 1.045 (since i never took the initial reading i have no clue if this is what it actually was). For the first 4-6 days the airlock was bubbling almost every 5-15 seconds. The bubbles began to slow to every 30 seconds to 60 seconds in the following days. I took a hydrometer reading on the 8th day and it was about 1.010, i took another reading over a day later and got the same result. the recipe says that the final gravity should be between 1.012 and 1.020. This is causing me to think that my gravity is too low.
What does this actually mean?
Do I have a lower than expected gravity because my initial gravity (which I never took) was probably lower than expected?
What should I do now?
btw the samples i tasted after taking the reading were very good and tasted surprisingly close a finished beer, does this mean its time to bottle?
What does this actually mean?
Do I have a lower than expected gravity because my initial gravity (which I never took) was probably lower than expected?
What should I do now?
btw the samples i tasted after taking the reading were very good and tasted surprisingly close a finished beer, does this mean its time to bottle?