FG should be somewhere near 1.008 to 1.010pa-in-utah said:I need to check my gravity since I will be racking to the secondary. Not sure of the FG of my brew so any advice??
OG was 1.038-1.040. Yeast has anntenation of 74-78%. Brewing a Belgian WIT. Any advice?
tomek322 said:I have one brew under my belt... didn't buy a hydrometer. I'm a big fan of the KISS principle in most things in life. My only fear is that it's just one more thing to freak out about.
loopmd said:I brewed my first 2 batches and took gravity readings and freaked out about them. That was 5 years ago. I can't tell you how many batches I've brewed without using one. It's all part of the hobby. Many like them and really get into using one. Some, like me could care less, and there are probably some that are in the middle somewhere. I've had a few stuck ferments, and repitched yeast or sometimes transferring to the secondary is just enough rattling around to get things going again. If you like the KISS method and part of the "simple" part is not using a hydrometer, then I say toss that worthless thing out and have some fun.
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A good rule of thumb is to divide your OG by the attenuation (75% is about average), so 40/75%=10. When it's in the 1.010 range it's about finished.pa-in-utah said:I need to check my gravity since I will be racking to the secondary. Not sure of the FG of my brew so any advice??
OG was 1.038-1.040. Yeast has anntenation of 74-78%. Brewing a Belgian WIT. Any advice?
BierMuncher said:Brewing beer without a hydrometer is like driving a car with cardboard over your windshield.
tomek322 said:I like your train of thought, got to assume the monks back in the day didn't have gravity readings either... they seemed to like what they produced. That said I think i'll get one, out of curiosity.
PUD said:yeah i'm a beginner and am still trying to read my hydrometer correctly.. all in all i feel like i have to use it. such a valuable tool! i'm also trying to figure out all the acronyms what is the KISS method??
Bobby_M said:Monks don't drive cars either, care to give up yours?
david_42 said:My latest was pitched on a yeast cake at noon yesterday (1.046). It's at 1.015, 20 hours later.
I am in total agreement with you here.Pumbaa said:Having fun and enjoying your brew is the most important thing. If that means you use or dont use a hydrometer thats your choice.
NYeric said:MY question is how do you know what the gravity is supposed to be? The whole hydrometer thing confuses me.
Even when you know that the OG is suposed to be lets say 40 and it isn't...What do you do? I am trying to understand all the nuts and bolts about this whole thing..haha even though all that matters is it tastes good
Or better yet, have some extra dried malt extract on hand. Boil it in some water for 15 minutes and cool before adding to the fermenter.Whelk said:If your OG is too low, you can add in extra fermentables. The easiest way to do that is to put in some priming sugar--you can have corn sugar make up almost 30% before you get a cidery taste, supposedly.
NYeric said:MY question is how do you know what the gravity is supposed to be? The whole hydrometer thing confuses me.
Even when you know that the OG is suposed to be lets say 40 and it isn't...What do you do? I am trying to understand all the nuts and bolts about this whole thing..haha even though all that matters is it tastes good
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