Thanks guys. It is in the fermentor now. We will see. Now I am worried because the recipe says that the starting gravity should be approx. 1.048. Mine came back at 1.078. I took it in the tube that the hydrometer came in, but I sunk it and took it about 8 times. What does this difference mean? Should I be concerned?.....as I keep running into questions, I wonder if this shouldn't be under a different forum.
Thanks again,
Marc
tnshurtm said:I am sure the hydrometer wasn't touching the bottom. I actually pushed it down several times to make sure the reading was accurate. I did have 5 gallons at the end, but now that I think of it, I got the sample with an auto siphon and did not stir the wort after pouring the wort in first and then adding about 2 1/2 gallons of water. Would not stirring it cause me to get a concentrated sample? Should I always stir after adding it to the primary fermenter?
Thanks again.
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