I made a careless mistake and forgot to take a hydrometer reading before I started the primary fermentation. It has been in the primary fermenter for about 30 hours now. I just took a reading but its already been fermenting for 30 hours. Is there anything I can do now to get an accurate alcohol content?
newbie hydrometer mistake
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DoctorCAD
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Yep, it will be about 12%
Thats good enough.
Thats good enough.
Was the brew a beginner's extract kit or more complex? The basic kits tend to have known OG readings because they are fixed amounts of fermentables. If all grain or complex extract kit with a boil, only way would be to see how far it gets you drunk compared to known ABV% beer. 🍻😉
it was more complex. the video im following says it should yield about 10-11% but i put about 14 cups of sugar as opposed to the videos reccomended 12 cups. is there any way to estimate how much sugar would have fermented in that 30 hours.
if it helps after that 30 hours it had a specific gravity of 1.072
if it helps after that 30 hours it had a specific gravity of 1.072
GeneDaniels1963
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2 cups sugar is about 14oz. Now use the chart at the link below to figure what you want to know:
http://www.brsquared.org/wine/CalcInfo/HydSugAl.htm
http://www.brsquared.org/wine/CalcInfo/HydSugAl.htm
