Reddishflint
Active Member
Hi. Can someone with an experienced eye please take a look at my three photos of my starting gravity reading and please tell me what they think the reading is. I need to get to grip with this hydrometer.
Just a follow up on the hydrometer readings. I had a starting gravity of 1028/30 and a finishing gravity of 1008. With the formula for ABV which came with the instructions I'll have a calculation of 2.58%. The kit stated that I should end up with 5%. How can these figures be so far out. Am I calculation wrongly? The formula was sg minus fg in this case 20. Then I had to multiply 20 by 0.129 which equals 2.58. I scratch my head in bewilderment.
I did add the sugar lol. 3lb in weight. Even weighed it out precisely. Once bitten twice shy so will knock cider on the head in the future. Stick to the ale me thinks.
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