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Cool. I thought it coulda been 7 or 8. Yeh sorry bout the lean. I under estimated the difficulty of taking a pic on a new phone while holding that

How can you calculate abv% without having OG reading and only FG reading?

Also got to taste my first sample and couldn't have been happier. I thought it tasted pretty good!! Can't wait to see what a couple more weeks will do to it!!

Ok so I was going to order a thief online but lucked out finding a store in town that sells them! Took my first hydrometer reading yesterday and I think it went well. Other than the part where I lifted the thief out and like a tue noob touched the bottom and beer came gushing out all over the...

That deffinatley makes me feel better. Just knowing that something similar happened before to someone else and they still had a drinkable product. Thanks for the input. Referring back to some previous posts...i didnt know that floating the hydrometer in the bucket itself was even an option. I...

So i can just drop it in the bucket? Also what number am i lookin for?

Ok so I know through reading posts on here that it is suggested especially to beginners to relax and don't worry. I also know that there are a million threads with worried first timers. But as a first time brewer that's feeling the impending doom of a first brew failure...when should I begin...

I dont know enough to know exactly what yeast i used. I used a dry yeast and rehydrated in lukewarm water but i didnt temp the water. Wish i woulda but i know it was just lukewarm. I dont think i have a leak. Not positive if course, but i feel like ive checked thoroughly. So if i can get the...

First beer and its in the primary. Its an irish red. I was gettin bummed due to low activity but i think u may be because it was too warm. It was at 72 degrees and since then ive moved it into a closet with a cool cement floor. Should the yeast start workin when it gets down a couple degrees...

Thanks for the replies and all the good info. I appreciate the help!

So i could just pull the airlock out and add something safer still? What if when i pull out he airlock some of the water get suck through into the beer? Would i be screwd then?

Yeh i stayed on the volume for the recipe. So i wont need to test the volume until the end of fermentation right? So if this is true i could order a sample tube online and get it by the time i need it?

Thats a nice trick! Ill be tryin that to tonight

Cool. Well i havent opened it so im at least good on that front! I did rehydrate the yeast before pitching it. I just wasn't sure when activity would start. On a side note...how bad is it if i didn't use sanitized water or vodka in my airlock? When reading the instructions through midwest they...

Nah, no bubbling. I guess I kinda expected to see that first thing this morning because from my limited understanding I thought that since I used dry yeast that it would activate fairly quickly. I'll check the lid again before I leave for work.

The recipe is an Irish red ale, extract, from Midwest. The tube the hydrometer came in only goes about halfway up the length of the hydrometer so I didn't think that would work for it?

So first brew day has come and gone and I wake up and instantly go to check the fermenter...is the anyway to know within the first day that things went well with the brewing process? Or on the other side of things, if it didn't go well? Thanks for the information!!

Newbie hydrometer question...I just brewed my first batch yesterday! Beyond excited! I was deep into the brewing process when I remembered that I was at the point of getting a hydrometer reading. I have never used one before but I have one. But I don't have anything to use as a sample "vile"...

Sorry bout that like i said im new to the forums but i know it has to be a little annoying answering the same questions over and over