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thanks guys, im only doing a 2.5 gallon batch and panicked because i felt like i was wasting my beer by taking a gravity reading.

i had everything going well... nothing was infected. i took my hydrometer reading today, and dumped the sample back in the bucket. everything was well sanitized. did i do tht much damage to it. even if its oxidized could such a small amount even effect the beer as a whole?

i just got my hydrometer today, its my first batch. the gravity i reads was 1.021. its an american wheat ale, do you think its ready to bottle. it looked good and smelled good but i was to scared to taste it lol.

yea after looking at those pics.. theres no way its infected

i think its good. but dont wanna take chances and drink mold lol

it smells fine, and im pretty sure it looks fine, my first brew tho and you know how it goes. put my mind at ease and tell me its not infected

i added a pic of the bucket... im 99 percent sure its fine. smelled exactly like beer, and had a very nice golden color. its gravity reading was 1.021

this is the URL http://www.homebrewers.com/ someone told me i should just take a reading today, and then one in about 3 days. if it hasn't changes its ready to be bottles

i got it from homebrewoutpost.com

just resist the urge to look in the bucket for a couple weeks and you'll be fine. its my first batch right now too and its killing me to not look.

it never gave me an fg that i should be looking for, also how do i go about removing the wort from the bucket to get a reading , ive hears dome people say a turkey baster?

what reading range should i be looking for once i get the hydrometer, seeing as i'll have nothing to compare it too?

im from wareham, i went up to the homebrew emporium in cambridge.. aparently theres a store called the witches brew in foxborough which is only about 40 minutes, ill probably go there tommorow.

**** just went to the local home brew store 2 days ago...its an hour drive... guess ill buy it online.

would i be able to buy a hydrometer at walmart/ target?

@wortified i just looked online there pretty cheep so i gonna purchase one before my next brew.

i dont have a hydrometer yet so i cant even measure my F.G. its an american wheat ale, i bought it as a 2.5 gallon kit. it had a recomended fermentation time of 5-7 days but i'm waiting 10 days and then i have to keep it bottled for 2-3 weeks.

2 days till i can bottle my beer as instucted by my recipe kit. cant wait, i haven't peeked inside yet and its killing me. I dont even care about the taste lmfao as long as its not infected and comes out as beer im gonna be extatic.

@wortified thats a good idea, ill give it a shot

i can get ice, but i just don't know how practical that would be. maybe a combo of a beer thats supposed to be fermented at a higher temp in combo with the ice. i work so id have to be away from it for 8 or so hours a day...