Okay, this is a very stupid question I am sure. But I brewed my second batch yesterday, a nice Anchor Christmas clone with a little of my own spices as well. My first batch I forgot to read the gravity. So yesterday I remembered to read the gravity and OG came out at 1.05. My question is this though: How much do you fill the tube with wort to read the gravity? I mean do you fill it half full, 3/4 full or what? Because it seems to me that the more or less you fill it obviously the readings would change. So not really sure if my gravity is correct or not as I filled the reading tube about half full, then took the reading.
Gravity Readings?
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2nd Street Brewery
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The amount shouldn't matter that much. You need enough to float the hydrometer. You also need to check the temp so you can adjust the reading.
Darth Konvel
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You can probably add a point for temp correction (make it 1.051), but it's all in the ballpark.
Baron von BeeGee
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GABrewboy said:
You're fine. How much wort did you wind up with in your fermenter and what did the recipe call for (5g, 5.5g, etc)? When you're in the enviable position of having a slightly higher than expected OG you can either leave it and have a higher abv, or you can dilute with water to the target OG and have more beer.
God Emporer BillyBrew
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I just bottled an Anchor Christmas Clone myself. Did you get the recipe out of the "beer captured" book? Mine tasted pretty good out of the secondary, but I wish I hadn't have added quite so much Anise. I opened one last night after only three days bottled and it didn't really have any head yet. I've got to be more patient!GABrewboy said:
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