Help with hydrometer reading

[mediamst]

Final gravity is supposed to be 1.10-1.015

The attached photo is what I have. Could someone please tell me what the reading says? I am guessing it reads right at my nail 1.020???

https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35083

 

[Special Hops]

1.004 Each tick is .002

 

[KyleWolf]

it looks like to me it is reading more like 1.004...

each large tick is .01, while each small tick is .002...you are actually a little drier than your target.

 

[JefeTheVol]

temperature can affect hydro readings a few points. They are calibrated at 60F

 

[RedGlass]

+1 on temp. Take a gravity reading and note the temp of the sample. That way you can correct for an artificially low reading if the sample is above 60*.

 

[Special Hops]

temperature can affect hydro readings a few points. They are calibrated at 60F

Not all of them. Mine is calibrated at 70F.

 

[KyleWolf]

even if the temp is different, isn't it only .001 for 10 degree differences?

 

[mediamst]

So this means its just going to have a higher alcohol content correct?

 

[mediamst]

Can anyone tell me what the effect on the beer this will have?

 

[Dr Malt]

A lower finished gravity (1.004 versus 1.010) will result in the beer being slightly drier in flavor and a slight increase in alcohol content.

Dr Malt

 

[b33risGOOD]

That is the exact reading I got from my first beer, after 14 days in primary