flamingo
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Hi,
After experiencing a bad taste from my last kit brew which I think was a result of chlorinated water, I learnt that I had 2 options to overcome the problem which was adding half a Campden tablet to the water or using mineral water. I opted for the latter. Using a tin of Geordie bitter (yeast on tin) and 1kg of granulated sugar I used 23 litres of Perthshire mineral water from Tesco and began the ferment. Initial SG was 10034/36 'approx. Today, 16 days on after being in a constant temperature of 20/22 degrees C the beer looks clear and smells superb but shows a reading of 10060 on the hydrometer. Suspecting a faulty hydrometer I used another one which gave the same reading. :hmm:
Any advice welcome.
After experiencing a bad taste from my last kit brew which I think was a result of chlorinated water, I learnt that I had 2 options to overcome the problem which was adding half a Campden tablet to the water or using mineral water. I opted for the latter. Using a tin of Geordie bitter (yeast on tin) and 1kg of granulated sugar I used 23 litres of Perthshire mineral water from Tesco and began the ferment. Initial SG was 10034/36 'approx. Today, 16 days on after being in a constant temperature of 20/22 degrees C the beer looks clear and smells superb but shows a reading of 10060 on the hydrometer. Suspecting a faulty hydrometer I used another one which gave the same reading. :hmm:
Any advice welcome.