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Hi everyone.. making my first batch. It's a blonde ale that I added 1lb of raw honey to just after peak fermentation. It's day 20. I just took a sample reading.
After I initially put it into the carboy I had a reading of 1.032 and today I got 1.006. For the OG I forgot to take it when my wort was cool, so that's after I mixed in the water and put it into the carboy. My word volume was probably about 2 gallons and I added about 3g of water. So I'm thinking my OG isn't true as it was diluted by the water??
There's been no visible activity in the carboy or airlock for a while. But after I put the airlock back on again it pushed up cap tube in the airlock to the top so it's still active I guess even if not visible. I took a swig and it's a bit fizzy and has a bit of a bitter aftertaste which surprised me as I put so little hops in (1.5oz at 50 and .5 oz at 10 of willamet 4.2 and using safale us-05).
I took pictures of both reading so I know my numbers are right. I moved the brew to a secondary carboy to take it out after fermentation was mostly done after week 1. Wouldn't do that again as I think the switch really slowed down the activity.
So if I take the gravity again tomorrow and I'm still at 1.006 I'm good to bottle? Thanks, frank!
After I initially put it into the carboy I had a reading of 1.032 and today I got 1.006. For the OG I forgot to take it when my wort was cool, so that's after I mixed in the water and put it into the carboy. My word volume was probably about 2 gallons and I added about 3g of water. So I'm thinking my OG isn't true as it was diluted by the water??
There's been no visible activity in the carboy or airlock for a while. But after I put the airlock back on again it pushed up cap tube in the airlock to the top so it's still active I guess even if not visible. I took a swig and it's a bit fizzy and has a bit of a bitter aftertaste which surprised me as I put so little hops in (1.5oz at 50 and .5 oz at 10 of willamet 4.2 and using safale us-05).
I took pictures of both reading so I know my numbers are right. I moved the brew to a secondary carboy to take it out after fermentation was mostly done after week 1. Wouldn't do that again as I think the switch really slowed down the activity.
So if I take the gravity again tomorrow and I'm still at 1.006 I'm good to bottle? Thanks, frank!