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Hi there - just trying, for the first time, to use a hydrometer to measure alcohol content on Festival Summer Ale homebrew kit. Hydrometer reading before yeast I think was 1.3 (2 pix above with garden in background) and measured again just before kegging and before adding sugar (2 pix with kettle in background).
Grateful for any help
a) Am I reading the hydrometer correctly?
b) Am I taking the readings at the right time?
c) How do I then use these readings to measure alcohol content of final brew?
Any help much appreciated..have not done hydrometer readings before (despite good beer) as they seemed so complex!
Thank you in advance for any assistance...
Will