liztic
Member
I'm hoping that my lack of knowledge will lead to an obvious answer to this, so here goes!
When I started this brew, my first, i didn't have a hydrometer, so didn't have a reading. That said, I followed the directions that came with the kit (bucket for 5 days, then secondary for 7-10). Tonight is night 7, so last night i purchased a hydrometer and decided to take a sample as i've read that when it remains constant i can keg it. Took the sample, placed my hydrometer in it and it dropped, no floating or anything. Or did it? I was able to see the alcohol portion of the hydrometer and it did read shortly below 5%. I want to say that my batch said it should be 1.008.
When I started this brew, my first, i didn't have a hydrometer, so didn't have a reading. That said, I followed the directions that came with the kit (bucket for 5 days, then secondary for 7-10). Tonight is night 7, so last night i purchased a hydrometer and decided to take a sample as i've read that when it remains constant i can keg it. Took the sample, placed my hydrometer in it and it dropped, no floating or anything. Or did it? I was able to see the alcohol portion of the hydrometer and it did read shortly below 5%. I want to say that my batch said it should be 1.008.