What level should my ginger beer be reading

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What level should my ginger beer be reading

Postby Ianrees » Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:17 am

Checked it last night it’s sitting on 1000 recipie said 1005 when I made it the temp was 15 degrees to hot is it fixable
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Re: What level should my ginger beer be reading

Postby db1979 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:47 pm

The hydrometer will be calibrated for 20 degrees. There should be a conversion calculator for hydrometers somewhere.
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Re: What level should my ginger beer be reading

Postby Sam. » Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:26 am

I moved your post here as it’s your first.

You do realize this is primarily a distilling forum?
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Re: What level should my ginger beer be reading

Postby scythe » Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:27 am

So is this interpretation correct:
By level you mean gravity reading, in which case it is about done fermenting as 1.000 is water, it would have started higher at maybe 1.060 or something depending on how much sugar was in the mix.
Assuming you meant to add the yeast at 20°c, but added the yeast before it was cool enough, so ended up adding it at 35°c.
Seems to have fermented fine even though you pitched it on the hotter end.

Never made ginger beer but at a guess you are meant to prematurely stop fermentation so that it is still sweet, at the 1005 you mentioned.

Might not end up as fizzy and sweet as if you stopped it at 1.005

Generally you need to give us some backstory if you would like useful advise, we are not all sitting around making the exact same thing you are when you are.
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