leevalentine001
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Good morning,
I've been doing weekly batches (mostly of cider lately as everyone seems to love it and it's super easy).
The last beer I did a couple of weeks back had an original gravity of 1.037 and ending of 1.010. Most calculators estimate that to only be about 3.6% (.5% after priming maybe).
For some reason, this particular brew (simple kit and kilo with added vanilla and maple syrup) knocked the socks off everyone who tried it. The first 750ml bottle would be enough to get any of my mates feeling pretty drunk (equiv of about 3 750ml bottles of normal beer).
My ciders usually have an OG of 1.050 and FG of 1.010 and they usually don't get a person drunk anywhere near as fast as that.
One other thing I don't get about gravity is how it actually seems to rise for the first 24 hours (as in the number gets higher). I pitched a cider yesterday constantly mixing the wort thoroughly to ensure it was a consistent viscosity. I took an OG of 1.040 (two tubes full and both exactly the same reading). This morning I took another reading of 1.044. How does that work? And how do I calculate the abv once it's ready to bottle? Using the 1.040 or 1.044 as the OG? And who's to say it didn't rise to 1.050 at some point and is now back down to 1.044 since then?
Usually the exact same kit + kilo gets a cider an OG of 1.050 so it was odd that it read 1.040 at first this time. Am I doing something wrong or does this sorta thing happen to everyone?
Lee
I've been doing weekly batches (mostly of cider lately as everyone seems to love it and it's super easy).
The last beer I did a couple of weeks back had an original gravity of 1.037 and ending of 1.010. Most calculators estimate that to only be about 3.6% (.5% after priming maybe).
For some reason, this particular brew (simple kit and kilo with added vanilla and maple syrup) knocked the socks off everyone who tried it. The first 750ml bottle would be enough to get any of my mates feeling pretty drunk (equiv of about 3 750ml bottles of normal beer).
My ciders usually have an OG of 1.050 and FG of 1.010 and they usually don't get a person drunk anywhere near as fast as that.
One other thing I don't get about gravity is how it actually seems to rise for the first 24 hours (as in the number gets higher). I pitched a cider yesterday constantly mixing the wort thoroughly to ensure it was a consistent viscosity. I took an OG of 1.040 (two tubes full and both exactly the same reading). This morning I took another reading of 1.044. How does that work? And how do I calculate the abv once it's ready to bottle? Using the 1.040 or 1.044 as the OG? And who's to say it didn't rise to 1.050 at some point and is now back down to 1.044 since then?
Usually the exact same kit + kilo gets a cider an OG of 1.050 so it was odd that it read 1.040 at first this time. Am I doing something wrong or does this sorta thing happen to everyone?
Lee