Sorry for the rambling, but the Fermonster and Pliny the Elder beer kit just came in. Check out the hop bill for the Pliny (5gal batch).
2 oz) Magnum
4 oz) Columbus
3 oz) Simcoe
3 oz) Centennial
2 oz) Cascade whole hop
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Presenting the Mystery Ale...
Not a very good picture, looks a little darker than it actually is but probably due to the light table and background. For 4oz hops it's not very hoppy. Not really an APA nor IPA. More like just a standard ale beer. It's quite drinkable, nice body, just sorta good all-around beer.
I bet it's gone already.
That's a deluxe setup there, JustinICT!
Electric would be pretty sweet.
stuff happens. Hard part of gravity readings is factoring in the temp of both samples to the scale temp. i sorta quit worrying about it as long as the primary seems to finish.Just checked FG on a sample of the Mystery ale. 1.008. Wow, that went way down there. That gives 6.4 - 6.5% ABV; about 1% higher than forecast.
Should have fizzy samples this weekend.
I always apply temperature correction to my gravity readings. I use a Thermapen to check the temp then get the corrected gravity reading.
The resulting alcohol isn't really my concern, I mainly check to see how things went relative to the calculated/predicted outcome. When I was bottling it was more important to check gravity to confirm fermentation had finished lest one end up with bottle bombs.
BTW, the brew looks good.
I did end up with batch way back that apparently got infected and resulted in gushers.
Actually there need not be a infection for fountains. ...