First timer

[sheffladreece]

Hi all,

I am 17 year old student and currently brewing for my first time. I have chosen to brew Edme Irish Stout as i prefer to drink Guinness over any Lager.
Due to it being my first time, i began to ferment my stout without taking a Hydrometer reading and looking on the internet i found that it is necessary to do so
The box states that the OG is 1040 - 1043 But i have no idea what this means.
It has now been 4 days in the fermentation barrel and the bubbles have stopped forming on top. The box states that when this occurs another Hydrometer reading should be taken, but does not state what the Hydrometer reading should be, only that it should be a stable reading for three days.
My Hydrometer reading is currently 1010.
All i would like to know off of you guys is whether or not this is an acceptable reading ?
And any other advice you could give to a young first time brewer !

Thanks :thumb:

 

[Aleman]

:-$

 

[Moley]

Firstly, welcome to the forum :

Secondly, I think the word you're looking for is “hydrometer”

I've brewed the Edme Stout, it's a good'un :drink:

Four days isn't enough, check the gravity again at the weekend. I seem to recall that the tin says it's a Dry Stout and mine finished at 1.005

 

[jamesb]

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I am 17 year old student and currently brewing for my first time. I have chosen to brew Edme Irish Stout as i prefer to drink Guinness over any Lager.
Due to it being my first time, i began to ferment my stout without taking a barometer reading and looking on the internet i found that it is necessary to do so
The box states that the OG is 1040 - 1043 But i have no idea what this means.
It has now been 4 days in the fermentation barrel and the bubbles have stopped forming on top. The box states that when this occurs another barometer reading should be taken, but does not state what the barometer reading should be, only that it should be a stable reading for three days.
My barometer reading is currently 1010.
All i would like to know off of you guys is whether or not this is an acceptable reading ?
And any other advice you could give to a young first time brewer !
Thanks :thumb:

To be honest, I don't think a barometer reading is really necessarily. For all our purposes you can assume we're pretty much near sea level.

 

[abeyptfc]

OG stands for original gravity, u take the reading before you put your yeast in with ur brew, it measures the amount of fermentable sugars in ur brew (as far as im aware). usually its best to leave the brew in the bucket for up to 2 weeks to let the yeast clear up and make the beer clearer. ive only done a few coopers beer kits so not sure what reading would be acceptable with ur kit.
if u click the link above 'calculators' then in the first boxes at the top, put in ur OG or SG(specific gravity as its also known) then before u bottle ur bre take another reading and that will give you your FG(final gravity). stick they 2 numbers in the calculator and that gives u the approx alcohol %.
if ur brew started at 1040 and finished at 1010 then its showing at 4.4%

 

[sheffladreece]

Firstly, welcome to the forum :

Secondly, I think the word you're looking for is “hydrometer”

I've brewed the Edme Stout, it's a good'un :drink:

Four days isn't enough, check the gravity again at the weekend. I seem to recall that the tin says it's a Dry Stout and mine finished at 1.005

Thanks for correcting me on that one ...

 

[sheffladreece]

H
I am 17 year old student and currently brewing for my first time. I have chosen to brew Edme Irish Stout as i prefer to drink Guinness over any Lager.
Due to it being my first time, i began to ferment my stout without taking a barometer reading and looking on the internet i found that it is necessary to do so
The box states that the OG is 1040 - 1043 But i have no idea what this means.
It has now been 4 days in the fermentation barrel and the bubbles have stopped forming on top. The box states that when this occurs another barometer reading should be taken, but does not state what the barometer reading should be, only that it should be a stable reading for three days.
My barometer reading is currently 1010.
All i would like to know off of you guys is whether or not this is an acceptable reading ?
And any other advice you could give to a young first time brewer !
Thanks :thumb:

To be honest, I don't think a barometer reading is really necessarily. For all our purposes you can assume we're pretty much near sea level.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[sheffladreece]

OG stands for original gravity, u take the reading before you put your yeast in with ur brew, it measures the amount of fermentable sugars in ur brew (as far as im aware). usually its best to leave the brew in the bucket for up to 2 weeks to let the yeast clear up and make the beer clearer. ive only done a few coopers beer kits so not sure what reading would be acceptable with ur kit.
if u click the link above 'calculators' then in the first boxes at the top, put in ur OG or SG(specific gravity as its also known) then before u bottle ur bre take another reading and that will give you your FG(final gravity). stick they 2 numbers in the calculator and that gives u the approx alcohol %.
if ur brew started at 1040 and finished at 1010 then its showing at 4.4%

Thanks for clearing that up for me :

 

[Duncs]

Just out of interest, does anyone know if there a legal minimum age for homebrew? is it legal for a 17 year old to buy a homebrew kit? I know I was drinking in the pub at 15, but times have changed since then and my 20 year old step-daughter is always asked for ID when she goes out.

 

[tubby_shaw]

There is no minimum age for purchasing home brew kits or ingredients :thumb:

 

[Duncs]

In that case, I know what I'll be getting my 16 year old for his birthday :drink:

 

[sheffladreece]

In that case, I know what I'll be getting my 16 year old for his birthday :drink:

: I wanted a Brewing kit from being 15 but it has taken me all this time to get all the equipment together :lol: I should think that a Brewing kit for a 16th birthday is a good present and he will be happy with it.... I know i would have been :drink: