Chris-18
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Alright, so I have another newbie hydrometer question.
I posted a question about adding water to the wort before fermenting a while back, which made me think about a potential mistake I made.
When brewing, I can't figure out how you adjust specific gravity.
When you finished the boil, the gravity in my brews have always been way to high because I boiled off water. And the recipes called for adding water afterwards. And I did so I ended up with the amount of liquid the recipe called for. But one time the gravity was supposed to be 1. 054 and I had 1.46. So I must have added too much water.
But how do you guys figure our exactly how much water to add? How much that boils off, must vary from time to time.
The only way I can figure out, is to take hydrometer readings all the time after you add x amount of water. But that seems like a big pain in the ass.
Is there a smarter way that I just haven't thought of. Or do you just work with the gravity you get, no matter if it's too high or too low?
I posted a question about adding water to the wort before fermenting a while back, which made me think about a potential mistake I made.
When brewing, I can't figure out how you adjust specific gravity.
When you finished the boil, the gravity in my brews have always been way to high because I boiled off water. And the recipes called for adding water afterwards. And I did so I ended up with the amount of liquid the recipe called for. But one time the gravity was supposed to be 1. 054 and I had 1.46. So I must have added too much water.
But how do you guys figure our exactly how much water to add? How much that boils off, must vary from time to time.
The only way I can figure out, is to take hydrometer readings all the time after you add x amount of water. But that seems like a big pain in the ass.
Is there a smarter way that I just haven't thought of. Or do you just work with the gravity you get, no matter if it's too high or too low?