stratslinger
Well-Known Member
Alright - plugging in that basic info into Beersmith, you should have come in with an OG around 1.043 (so your measured OG was pretty darned close), and assuming you used the default yeast for the kit - the dry US05 strain - it should ferment out to 1.010.
Now, this is important, and bears repeating as a few folks have pointed it out so far, but how exactly are you measuring FG? As in, what tool are you using? You mentioned using a refractometer to measure your OG - but those are very innacurate as soon as you try to measure an alcohol solution. There are calculators out there that will help you try to estimate the corrected value, but if you're measuring 1.020 with a refractometer, then 1.020 is not your actual gravity value.
Now, this is important, and bears repeating as a few folks have pointed it out so far, but how exactly are you measuring FG? As in, what tool are you using? You mentioned using a refractometer to measure your OG - but those are very innacurate as soon as you try to measure an alcohol solution. There are calculators out there that will help you try to estimate the corrected value, but if you're measuring 1.020 with a refractometer, then 1.020 is not your actual gravity value.