Checking Alcohol Content after Beer has Condidtioned

[whodatgeauxbrew]

For my first batch of beer, I failed to take any hydrometer readings throughout the process. Now I am wondering how much alcohol is in my bottled beer. Is it possible to check the gravity/alcohol content after the beer has been bottled?

 

[wonderbread23]

If you know the exact ingredients and volumes that went into the beer, you can estimate the original gravity. You can then determine a ballpark alcohol percentage by pouring one of your beers, swirl/shake it to get all of the CO2 out of suspension, and then taking a final gravity reading on it.