Slipgate
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Who does this? I have not done it since my second batch of bear a few years ago.
Who does this? I have not done it since my second batch of bear a few years ago.
I always check. I want to know my efficiency and I want to know if I hit my OG. I also like to know the final attenuation and what the ABV will be.
Always, and I never had to start any threads like "is my fermentation stuck" or "when should I rack/bottle" either
Where do you think I get my samples from???
You know what just occurred to me? Extract brewers don't really have to check the SG, except to check and see if fermentation is finished.
You know what just occurred to me? Extract brewers don't really have to check the SG, except to check and see if fermentation is finished. Well, I guess AG brewers don't really have to check, either, but it's important for recipe formulation and checking your SG/IBU ratio, and to check your efficiency.
If you're using an extract kit, and don't worry about bottle bombs from a stuck fermentation, there wouldn't be any need to check the SG.
I bet the OP is an extract brewer, and then the answers to the questions would change.
You know what just occurred to me? Extract brewers don't really have to check the SG, except to check and see if fermentation is finished. Well, I guess AG brewers don't really have to check, either, but it's important for recipe formulation and checking your SG/IBU ratio, and to check your efficiency.
If you're using an extract kit, and don't worry about bottle bombs from a stuck fermentation, there wouldn't be any need to check the SG.
I bet the OP is an extract brewer, and then the answers to the questions would change.
So.... When you bake a cake do you just dump in a bunch of sugar without measuring it??? Just wondering...Who does this? I have not done it since my second batch of beer a few years ago.
As an engineer I have to have the numbers. As an artist they help me control the art of brewing.
And as a master of BS I just gotta to have them. :rockin:
You know what just occurred to me? Extract brewers don't really have to check the SG, except to check and see if fermentation is finished. Well, I guess AG brewers don't really have to check, either, but it's important for recipe formulation and checking your SG/IBU ratio, and to check your efficiency.
If you're using an extract kit, and don't worry about bottle bombs from a stuck fermentation, there wouldn't be any need to check the SG.
I bet the OP is an extract brewer, and then the answers to the questions would change.
A brewer not using a hydrometer is like a carpenter refusing to use a t-square because he thinks there's some ancient "art" in eyeballing right angles. Then he's surprised - and comes and bugs us - when his house falls over.
Real brewers buy and learn how to properly use the instrument that's, well, instrumental to their craft.
anyone can make good beer, but its tuff to make outstanding beer.
If you're satisfied with baseline mediocrity, that's your right. No one is going to hold a gun to your head and force you to use the most basic brewery instruments. You'll have occasional forays into excellence, but you'll never be able to repeat them because you lack essential data from which to assess consistency. That's pure, dumb luck, not skill.