My first double bottling night. Took about 3.5 hours but now I’ve got 4 cases of goodness aging in the basement.
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1.041
41*.67 = 28
41-28=1.013
or
41*.71=29
41-29 = 1.012
I think what you are looking for is how to estimate what gravity your beer will end fermentation at, which is your final gravity. To do this you need to know the avg attenuation of the yeast you are using.
Example:
If your OG is 1.054
Your avg atten of your yeast is 75% (example – all are different)
54 * 0.75 = 40
54 – 40 = 14
Your FG Estimate will be 1.014
This can all be influenced based on how fermentable the sugars in the wort are and what temps you mash at, the vigor of your boil, etc.
Northern Brewer Tongue Splitter extract kit. Here is their description:
American pale ales have evolved from a nontraditional offshoot of English pale ales into a style all their own as well as a distinctive celebration of our homegrown beer culture. This kit is similar to our Extra Pale Ale but is more aggressively (some might say insanely) hopped. Engineered to be an alpha-acid delivery vehicle, this kit is sure to please lovers of the humulus lupus and freak out squares.
Tongue Splitter
Extract kit from Northern Homebrewer, Milwaukee, WI
Target OG: 1.045
Malt 1: 6 lbs Pilsen malt syrup (60 mins)
Adjunct: 1 tsp Irish Moss (15 min)
Grain 1: 0.5 lbs Dingemans Caramel Pils
Grain 2: 0.5 lbs Simpsons Caramalt
Hop 1: 0.75 oz Summit (60 min)
Hop 2: 1 oz Glacier (15 min)
Hop 3: 1 oz Cascade (10 min)
Hop 4: 0.5 oz Cascade (2 min)
Hop 5: 0.5 oz Liberty (2 min)
Hop 6: 0.5 oz Cascade (dry hop)
Hop 7: 0.5 oz Liberty (dry hop)
Yeast: Wyeast 1332 Northwest Ale Yeast (65°-75°F)
Boiling Schedule:
Collected 3 gallons of water. Steep grains at 125°F for 20 minutes. Bring to a boil. Remove water from heat and mix Malt. Add Fermcap to reduce boil foam. Bring water back to a boil. Add Hop 1 @ 60 minutes, 2 @ 15, 3 @ 10, 4 @ 2, 5 @ 2, 6 and 7 dry hop two weeks prior to bottling. Add Irish Moss with 15 minutes left in the boil.
Notes:
Primary temps were around 62-64. I’ll leave in the primary for about 3 weeks and then take hydrometer readings – when hydrometer readings are the same on consecutive days, primary fermentation is complete. I’ll leave in secondary for about 2 weeks. Bottle with 6 oz of corn sugar. Bottle condition for up to 2 weeks.
My actual OG was 1.041.
Racked the beer to secondary and was given hope from the hydrometer taste test. Very earthy but a bit more characteristic of an IPA. Nothing like the citrusy taste of its American versions. We’ll see how it matures over the next month or so prior to bottling. I’ve been told this beer changes on you the older it gets. Hydrometer reading was still 1.014. This would be about 6.1% abv.