skazzonline
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Hey there, this is my first time brewing beer and all seems ok apart from the specific gravity of my beer.
I am using a coopers home mico brewery kit which has eveything I need to get started.
The beer has been bubbling away for 7 days and the airlock has now died down to nothing so I am amusing the first fermentation is complete. However when i use the included hydrometer it gives me a reading of 0.26 (on the marker it says start beer) meaning this should be the beginning gravity. It recommend my brew should be about 1.04 for it to be on target of 5.2% (1kg of sugar added).
can anyone suggest what might have gone wrong? or if it could be a faulty hydrometer. seems really odd that the specific gravity has not changed considering the amount of frantic fermentation overt he past 7 days.
Any help would be appreciated.
I am using a coopers home mico brewery kit which has eveything I need to get started.
The beer has been bubbling away for 7 days and the airlock has now died down to nothing so I am amusing the first fermentation is complete. However when i use the included hydrometer it gives me a reading of 0.26 (on the marker it says start beer) meaning this should be the beginning gravity. It recommend my brew should be about 1.04 for it to be on target of 5.2% (1kg of sugar added).
can anyone suggest what might have gone wrong? or if it could be a faulty hydrometer. seems really odd that the specific gravity has not changed considering the amount of frantic fermentation overt he past 7 days.
Any help would be appreciated.