Timeline for Why isn't my gravity increasing? Has fermentation stopped?
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| May 23, 2012 at 2:35 | comment | added | David PGB | Okay! Good criticism! As I mentioned that has been my experience in the past, but you all make good points and I completely about primary fermentation and the use of a hydrometer. I brewed many, many kits before taking brewing seriously and I certainly found the above fermentation schedule to be adequate for those kits, however I agree that having and properly using a hydrometer is very essential to good quality brewing. | |
| May 23, 2012 at 1:06 | history | edited | brewchez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 23, 2012 at 0:59 | comment | added | bk0 | It is more-or-less true that with extract kits you don't strictly NEED a hydrometer--as long as you follow directions you will hit the target OG within a point or two and the FG will be whatever it will be. Not upvoting because of the recommendation for 7 day primary and secondary...secondaries are not necessary and racking after a week is too soon. | |
| May 22, 2012 at 14:47 | comment | added | CaffeCaldo | Homebrewing without a hydrometer is like driving a car without a speedometer: you can probably get by without one, until you run into one of those unfortunate situations where you wish you had one. ;-) (It's the difference between the gut feel "I think this is so" vs the more scientific "I know this is so".) | |
| May 22, 2012 at 14:18 | comment | added | mdma | bit of a harsh downvote - although I don't recommend it, you CAN get by without a hydrometer if you have to with a kit, and only a few years ago many brewers used to rack to secondary as par for the course without spoiling the beer. | |
| May 22, 2012 at 13:51 | history | answered | David PGB | CC BY-SA 3.0 |