Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Reading the hops leaves

Our Geologist has got some pretty lofty prognostications regarding the future drinkability of the our batches.

From Dave, the beerby sitter:
Density measurements for Monday 24 November
Kolsch...Bob
Sg 1.003
% 1
ball 1.5
golden yellow color, smells like a barmaid's feet, taste like a pilsner

brown ale...Mike
sg 1.013
% 7.5
ball 10
deep brown color, sweet rich flavor,

Oberon wheat...Dave
Sg 1.010
% 1
ball 2.5
rich smell, sweet-not hoppy (no IPA), fairly smooth

we need a better measurement cylinder, I think the hydrometer hits the
side too much.

We have gooood beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially mike's brown.


For those of you who want to know what those measurements mean here's a link:

http://www.howtobrew.com/appendices/appendixA.html


The only one that matters here is the SG or specific gravity reading. We will compare this reading to the Original Gravity (OG) reading which we took before sealing the fermenters. The last reading before bottling or kegging is called the Final Gravity or (FG).

By the look of the numbers and the description of the taste sample, Dave is hopefully correct that we have good beer. We'll see if it lives up to the Geologist's Wife standards, but not so fast. First its on to secondary fermentation, bottling, and more waiting ....

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