ArtD
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Does carbonation in the beer affect final gravity readings?
I was taking a final gravity reading over the weekend. I siphoned some beer from the secondary fermenter to a sample cylinder to take a gravity reading at the beginning of the racking procedure into the bottling bucket. The gravity was higher than I expected, but noticed that the beer in my cylinder had some carbonation in it. I got a six point drop in gravity after shaking the CO2 out.
Should one make sure the beer is flat when taking gravity readings?
Thanks!
I was taking a final gravity reading over the weekend. I siphoned some beer from the secondary fermenter to a sample cylinder to take a gravity reading at the beginning of the racking procedure into the bottling bucket. The gravity was higher than I expected, but noticed that the beer in my cylinder had some carbonation in it. I got a six point drop in gravity after shaking the CO2 out.
Should one make sure the beer is flat when taking gravity readings?
Thanks!