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I don't think there is a formal protocol, but I personally do not name my beers unless it is my own recipe (extract or not). When I brew from a kit, I use their name, basically because I would feel like I'm plagiarizing if I didn't.

I am betting that there is just as many men out there as women that prefer light to super light beers. And there's nothing wrong with that. I just hate being stereotyped. :)

Yes we are, and hopefully we can show these men that not all women like michelob ultra or something akin to it. In fact, I'm not sure I would even classify that as beer. IMO, life is way too short to drink light beer, let alone "ultra" light beer. I bet my husband would like it though. ;)

They are rather offensive sometimes aren't they? I've noticed some pretty disrespectful comments and I've only been hanging around here the last month or so.

Agreed, sista! It is an oft overstated assumption. You should see the looks I get when I order a pint of Guinness! All based on some silly stereotype! :rolleyes:

Good point! :rockin: One thing that did cross my mind is that hydrometers don't directly measure alcohol content. We are assuming that the difference in specific gravity from pre-fermentation to post is due to alcohol...

The chemicals in the hops contribute (AA and iso-AAs for example) to the density of the wort but not the undissolved solid part of the pellet, whether it's 1 oz in 5 gallons or 100 oz in 500 gallons. I apologize for hijacking this thread. I am a chemist as well as a homebrewer and I hate...

It's adding volume and possibly weight. It's not contributing to the density of the liquid. Like if you put some rocks in a glass of water. The density of the water is the same whether the rocks are there or not.

So we agree then. :mug:

My guess would be no, because it is not dissolved into solution.

No it's not. :) Experiment: take a 1 mL sample of a homogenous liquid and measure the specific gravity. Now take a 1 L sample of the same liquid at the same temperature and measure the specific gravity. (Given that your instruments are calibrated and accurate.) Are your measurements the same?

Trub does not effect gravity readings. Neither does volume. Specific gravity is independent of amount. It is a measure of the density of the liquid, which has nothing to do with the amount of the liquid or solids suspended in the liquid. Only dissolved solids will effect specific gravity.