leevalentine001
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Hi everyone, I'm new here as I'm sure you can tell by my posts count (which should be 1 once I've posted this). First of all, this forum is freaking awesome and I'm so glad I'm found it, so thanks to Dane for accepting my registration.
So I bought a kit a couple of years ago and made 2 batches of beer and 1 batch of cider with the help of a friend. He'd been brewing for 4 years at the time so really he did almost all of it. All went well with those.
I recently moved into a bigger apartment with a shed perfect to stash my brewing stuff in (and the fishing rods ). So I got hold of a second fermenter and made a 'slap dash' cider and beer, using the absolute bare minimum ingredients (kit + 1kg brew enhancer on both). I bottled both yesterday (primed) and all is also well with those.
On a quick side note before I get on to the main point of my topic: I calculated my brews SG and FG's difference and multiplied by 0.13, is that about right? Eg. My beer was SG 1.037 FG 1.012 = 25 x 0.13 = 3.25% (Seems very low, but to be honest I actually took the SG the day after setting it up as I forgot at first). Cider was (also day after) SG 1.062 FG 1.014 = 48 x 0.13 = 6.25%. So I'm just wondering if that sounds about right to everyone else?
Back on topic: I put another brew together last night after bottling (and cleaning of course) and decided I would put a little more effort into this one. So I went with a Coopers recipe, adding 1.7kg Coopers ale (pale I think), 500g Coopers malt, 300g dextrose (I put 500g to oomph it up a bit), 250ml organic maple syrup (expensive stuff) and 1 tsp vanilla paste (I put 3, I know... probably overkill but I'm trying to get a beer the gf will drink).
Took the SG as soon as it was all mixed up to the 21 litre mark and got 1.1xx (can't remember exactly as there was a lot of foam and I figured it was wrong anyway). Checked again this morning and got 1.114. Airlock bubbled once every 2-3 minutes. I gave the fermenter a good slosh around and got the airlock bubbling every 5-10 seconds like normal, for a consistent 5 minutes or so before I was satisfied and went to work.
Does this sound like I've royally stuffed up or should is it likely to complete fermentation still? And does this mean it will come out around 13% abv?!
Look forward to your replies,
Lee
So I bought a kit a couple of years ago and made 2 batches of beer and 1 batch of cider with the help of a friend. He'd been brewing for 4 years at the time so really he did almost all of it. All went well with those.
I recently moved into a bigger apartment with a shed perfect to stash my brewing stuff in (and the fishing rods ). So I got hold of a second fermenter and made a 'slap dash' cider and beer, using the absolute bare minimum ingredients (kit + 1kg brew enhancer on both). I bottled both yesterday (primed) and all is also well with those.
On a quick side note before I get on to the main point of my topic: I calculated my brews SG and FG's difference and multiplied by 0.13, is that about right? Eg. My beer was SG 1.037 FG 1.012 = 25 x 0.13 = 3.25% (Seems very low, but to be honest I actually took the SG the day after setting it up as I forgot at first). Cider was (also day after) SG 1.062 FG 1.014 = 48 x 0.13 = 6.25%. So I'm just wondering if that sounds about right to everyone else?
Back on topic: I put another brew together last night after bottling (and cleaning of course) and decided I would put a little more effort into this one. So I went with a Coopers recipe, adding 1.7kg Coopers ale (pale I think), 500g Coopers malt, 300g dextrose (I put 500g to oomph it up a bit), 250ml organic maple syrup (expensive stuff) and 1 tsp vanilla paste (I put 3, I know... probably overkill but I'm trying to get a beer the gf will drink).
Took the SG as soon as it was all mixed up to the 21 litre mark and got 1.1xx (can't remember exactly as there was a lot of foam and I figured it was wrong anyway). Checked again this morning and got 1.114. Airlock bubbled once every 2-3 minutes. I gave the fermenter a good slosh around and got the airlock bubbling every 5-10 seconds like normal, for a consistent 5 minutes or so before I was satisfied and went to work.
Does this sound like I've royally stuffed up or should is it likely to complete fermentation still? And does this mean it will come out around 13% abv?!
Look forward to your replies,
Lee