I've just finished bottling my first home brew and things seem to have gone well. My pale ale has been in the bottles for about 10 days now, I tasted it tonight and was pleased.
The specific gravity was 1.050 just before I pitched the yeast and 1.013 when I bottled it. I have a lager that had a specific gravity of 1.048 prior to pitching the yeast and an IPA at 1.078 both activley fermenting as we speak. I didn't ask what I could expect the specific gravity to be before pitching or what it should be before bottling when I bought the supplies from a local brewery. How do I know what to expect as far as a beginning specific gravity and an ending specific gravity before bottling? Is there a general rule of thumb or formula that I can use to know how much lower the ending gravity should be from the beginning gravity before bottling? Thanks
The specific gravity was 1.050 just before I pitched the yeast and 1.013 when I bottled it. I have a lager that had a specific gravity of 1.048 prior to pitching the yeast and an IPA at 1.078 both activley fermenting as we speak. I didn't ask what I could expect the specific gravity to be before pitching or what it should be before bottling when I bought the supplies from a local brewery. How do I know what to expect as far as a beginning specific gravity and an ending specific gravity before bottling? Is there a general rule of thumb or formula that I can use to know how much lower the ending gravity should be from the beginning gravity before bottling? Thanks