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Ok, you'll need an FG of 1.024 for that ABV, based on that OG ... which I think is quite reasonable.
 
If it hit's 1.020, it's a 5% ABV. And, the other direction, 1.028 would be 4%.
 
I think you've made beer, and I am pretty sure 5.75g of rehydrated 05 is going to go to town on this one =)
 
Did you get it good and oxygenated? ...
tctenten said:
Gravity was 1.058...brix....15.
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Just out of curiosity, though ...
 
15 Plato is 1.061
14.5 Plato is 1.059
 
* Brix and Plato are numerical similar to 3 decimal places, and brewer's read Brix in the meter and use Plato for the description ...
 
I could be reading this completely wrong.. But this is my refractometer


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15 brix is 1.057 or 1.058.


Who knows. Science us not my thing.
 
tctenten said:
I could be reading this completely wrong.. But this is my refractometer


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15 brix is 1.057 or 1.058.


Who knows. Science us not my thing.
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Use the Brix on that, the markings for SG are dead wrong ...
 
Details on SeanTerrill's site, somewhere:
http://seanterrill.com/2011/04/07/refractometer-fg-results/
 
(It might not be that post, but it's in one of them ...)
 
So, let's say OG = 1.061 ...
 
A FG of 1.027 would be the 4.5% ABV they sell it as being ...
 
FG 1.030 for 4%
FG 1.023 for 5%
 
Looks good.
 
Ok..will do.  Thanks for catching that.

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According to this... My original Brix at 15 = 1.0587(same as my refractometer)
Final brix at 10 = 1.0225(different than my refractometer due to the presence of alcohol)?

This would get me 4.6 abv...target is 4.5

So if I continue to take gravity readings with my refractometer, I should be fully fermented at brix 10?
 
tctenten said:
 
Ok..will do.  Thanks for catching that.

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According to this... My original Brix at 15 = 1.0587(same as my refractometer)
Final brix at 10 = 1.0225(different than my refractometer due to the presence of alcohol)?

This would get me 4.6 abv...target is 4.5

So if I continue to take gravity readings with my refractometer, I should be fully fermented at brix 10?
 
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You can't use that until you've calculated a wort correction factor over 10x batches, or you've calibrated your actual refractometer somehow ...
 
You can do a c-mash w/ some known grains, I guess, but screw all that ...
 
http://www.brewersfriend.com/brix-converter/
http://www.brewersfriend.com/abv-calculator/
http://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/
 
http://www.brewersfriend.com/stats/
 
;)
 
Most likely going to head to a local home brew shop tomorrow or Wednesday. I have 2 more gallon kits that need to be brewed and then I would like to maybe try a larger batch.

Should I remain with the kits?
Should I go straight to a 5 gallon kit? Or should I try something in between first?
When I go to larger size batches, should I buy the glass carboys? Or the bottling buckets?


I would guess a 5 gallon batch would produce 45-50 12 oz bottles...how long does bottled homebrew stay good?
wheebz said:
Dude I am the most patient person I know. Ask grant. That asshole.
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Ahhh yes...great. Right now I have been "asking Grant". I really am reading up on this stuff, but sometimes practical experience is more helpful.
 
Dude I am the most patient person I know. Ask grant. That asshole.


Helpful ... and a lot more patient than I am!

Wheebz beer is a lot better than kit beer.

:cheers:
Dude I am the most patient person I know. Ask grant. That asshole.


I try to answer the questions of his that you've already answered for me ...
 
tctenten said:
So far no action with the stout…24 hours in.  
Mead still bubbling away.
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The stout batches don't krausen to the same extent, but I think you should try to get it some more aeration, personally ...
 
If Wheebz doesn't chime in before you get home, go w/ my recommendation ...
 
tctenten said:
I am home today….heading to dentist.  Aeration by shaking again?  
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I think so ... but you can post it up in ASK WHEEBZ too, just to be sure ...
 
I don't think you want to be forcibly smashing the yeast in there by shaking it per se, but you can definitely swirl it for a couple mins straight to get more oxygen into solution ...
 
grantmichaels said:
 
I think so ... but you can post it up in ASK WHEEBZ too, just to be sure ...
 
I don't think you want to be forcibly smashing the yeast in there by shaking it per se, but you can definitely swirl it for a couple mins straight to get more oxygen into solution ...
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Seems like some krausen on top now, but it is not the foaming bubbling that I saw on my first batch.  Will let it go another day, then I will post a pic and "Ask Wheebz"
 
So I stopped at another local homebrew store tonight. Pretty cool place. You can brew there and use their equipment.....something to think about for a larger batch down the road. I think the next step I take after I finish the kits is to do either a 2 or 3 gallon batch. Pretty sure I can handle that with the equipment I have. They said they would custom fill any recipe. So whichever kit I like the most, I am going to try and find a similar recipe.... Or maybe try one that you guys recommend.
 
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