Hi guys. I just took a measurement from my 3rd ever brew and am getting kind of strange results on my final gravity. The instructions say that I am supposed to get a FG of around 1.011 but I just took a measurement and it was reading 1.004. Why would that be? It has been fermenting for 2 weeks and I just took the lid off the fermenter and it looks like there is still a head of krausen, in my past two brews I think that after fermenting 2 weeks that krausen had fallen. What is going on?
I also took my measurement right out of the top of the bucket rather than stirring it around because I read online that that is how most people do it. This is my first time taking a reading out of a fermenter. I usually just put it into the bottling bucket and take it from there. The reason I did it this time is because I used a smaller amount of yeast initially in my starter so I wanted to be sure that my fermentation actually finished.
I also took my measurement right out of the top of the bucket rather than stirring it around because I read online that that is how most people do it. This is my first time taking a reading out of a fermenter. I usually just put it into the bottling bucket and take it from there. The reason I did it this time is because I used a smaller amount of yeast initially in my starter so I wanted to be sure that my fermentation actually finished.
