PotRoastMan
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Hello all,
I've got an Plinian Progeny extract (northern brewer) in progress. Brewed on 9/25. Today is 10/15. Measured SG with Brix refractometer at 20, which calculated to 1.083. Instructions say it should be 1.090 so it's close. It is in the basement around 65 degrees, and I used two packets of US-05. I made a starter with one of the packets because I have a stir plate and had some Fast Pitch as well. The other packet I threw in dry at the same time. It's a 6 gallon batch so I used a blow off tube, but seemed to fermenet as expected, for several days. Nothing came out of the blow off. I replaced that with a normal airlock after it calmed down.
Last night I measured again, and it showed 13.5 brix with the rafractometer. My calculator shows that as 1.037. So I thought it might be stuck. Today I read they can be inaccurate for FG, so this morning I used a hydrometer. It showed 1.026. The hydrometer also has a brix scale on it which showed 7.5. If I use a calculator with 1.026, it's about 7.5% ABC. But if I do the calculator on brewersfriend with 1.083 starter, and 7.5 brix now, it's showing 10% and that would be done. So I'm a little confused as to which number to use and if this batch is good or has a problem..
I did taste it, seems great but I can't really tell if it's "Sweet" or not..
Thanks for the help!
I've got an Plinian Progeny extract (northern brewer) in progress. Brewed on 9/25. Today is 10/15. Measured SG with Brix refractometer at 20, which calculated to 1.083. Instructions say it should be 1.090 so it's close. It is in the basement around 65 degrees, and I used two packets of US-05. I made a starter with one of the packets because I have a stir plate and had some Fast Pitch as well. The other packet I threw in dry at the same time. It's a 6 gallon batch so I used a blow off tube, but seemed to fermenet as expected, for several days. Nothing came out of the blow off. I replaced that with a normal airlock after it calmed down.
Last night I measured again, and it showed 13.5 brix with the rafractometer. My calculator shows that as 1.037. So I thought it might be stuck. Today I read they can be inaccurate for FG, so this morning I used a hydrometer. It showed 1.026. The hydrometer also has a brix scale on it which showed 7.5. If I use a calculator with 1.026, it's about 7.5% ABC. But if I do the calculator on brewersfriend with 1.083 starter, and 7.5 brix now, it's showing 10% and that would be done. So I'm a little confused as to which number to use and if this batch is good or has a problem..
I did taste it, seems great but I can't really tell if it's "Sweet" or not..
Thanks for the help!