Moonladymae
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I brewed my first batch of homebrew this weekend. I chose to do a Pale Ale, with grains and extract. I got the recipe from the local brew supply store. I think the whole boiling/brewing process went well, no boil overs, followed the recipe well except I did end up adding a bit more hops than the recipe called for (I wasn't paying attention to quanities, etc.). However when I added the wort to the water in the primary fermenter all looked and smelled great! The first hydrometer reading I had a hard time with, I couldn't tell how to really read the thing, but according to it the alcohol content was 6%, that seems pretty high already. So, here's some questions I have:
1. Already seems to have a high alcohol content, will it get much higher during fermentation?
2. Should I go with a secondary fermentation? I keep reading mixed thoughts on this part.
3. How long is the average fermentation for a pale ale?
4. I am going to keg this first batch since that's what I have borrowed from a friend, do I need to still add the corn sugar or anything before kegging?
That's just a few of the questions I have for now. Everything I have come accross on here is really helpful so far and these questions I am sure have been asked, but thought I would throw my own post out there. Thanks all for your help in advance, I hope to make many, many more homebrews!
1. Already seems to have a high alcohol content, will it get much higher during fermentation?
2. Should I go with a secondary fermentation? I keep reading mixed thoughts on this part.
3. How long is the average fermentation for a pale ale?
4. I am going to keg this first batch since that's what I have borrowed from a friend, do I need to still add the corn sugar or anything before kegging?
That's just a few of the questions I have for now. Everything I have come accross on here is really helpful so far and these questions I am sure have been asked, but thought I would throw my own post out there. Thanks all for your help in advance, I hope to make many, many more homebrews!