Hey guys,
I havent posted for ages but i now have a question, i brewed a batch of beer a few months ago, it tastes a bit wierd but not bad enough you can't drink it. I tested it for alcohol percentage after being bottled (today) and it reads that it has no alcohol. I find this strange cause it was all good when i bottled it. is it possible that the beer is buggered even though it was fine when bottled?
Cheers
Damo
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How exactly are you measuring your alcohol?
The conventional way for homebrewers to measure alcohol is by applying the original gravity (OG) and the final gravity (FG) to an equation (I don't actually use the equation I use the calculator on this site
http://www.brewcraft.com.au/wa.asp?idWe ... etails=117 )
The OG gives you an idea of the amount of sugar in the wort before fermentation and the FG gives you idea of how much sugar is in your beer after fermentation. The decrease in the amount of sugar gives you an idea of the increase in alcohol (since sugar is converted to alcohol by the yeast).
So you need to measure the OG before or just after you pitch your yeast and the FG after fermentation is complete.
Cheers,
Jay.
The conventional way for homebrewers to measure alcohol is by applying the original gravity (OG) and the final gravity (FG) to an equation (I don't actually use the equation I use the calculator on this site
http://www.brewcraft.com.au/wa.asp?idWe ... etails=117 )
The OG gives you an idea of the amount of sugar in the wort before fermentation and the FG gives you idea of how much sugar is in your beer after fermentation. The decrease in the amount of sugar gives you an idea of the increase in alcohol (since sugar is converted to alcohol by the yeast).
So you need to measure the OG before or just after you pitch your yeast and the FG after fermentation is complete.
Cheers,
Jay.
Answer the f+++ing question Jay 
Sorry about that Damo. Your beer should be fine if it tastes Ok. Do you get pissed off it if you drink a few
?
I'm just figuring that the method you used for measuring alcohol is either not suitable for measuring the low amount of alcohol in beer or you have done something wrong.
Don't throw the beer out and don't give up.
Cheers,
Jay.
Sorry about that Damo. Your beer should be fine if it tastes Ok. Do you get pissed off it if you drink a few
?I'm just figuring that the method you used for measuring alcohol is either not suitable for measuring the low amount of alcohol in beer or you have done something wrong.
Don't throw the beer out and don't give up.
Cheers,
Jay.
It isnt that great that i could drink any more than one, it actually makes my stomach feel bad, i cant remember the og as i have mooved house and shit has been lost. i just used the hydrometer with a bottled beer if that works.
i has gotten marginally better since brewing, and i mean marginally, like nearly sweet F A better.
thanks
i has gotten marginally better since brewing, and i mean marginally, like nearly sweet F A better.
thanks
What was your recipe?
You really need to take (and know) both the OG and FG to get an accurate alc vol. but you can roughly figure out your alc vol. by using the brew calculator here
http://www.brewcraft.com.au/wa.asp?idWe ... etails=120
You need to know what your original recipe was though.
About the bad tasting beer it's worthwhile persisting with more brews as my first few were pretty bad (they did get better after about 10 months in the bottle though).
Some small tips that I personally found helped were
1) try using safale instead of the kit yeast
2) ferment at or around 18-20 degrees
3) Use malt instead of dextrose
4) Don't go too fancy with a brew too soon
Cheers,
Jay.
You really need to take (and know) both the OG and FG to get an accurate alc vol. but you can roughly figure out your alc vol. by using the brew calculator here
http://www.brewcraft.com.au/wa.asp?idWe ... etails=120
You need to know what your original recipe was though.
About the bad tasting beer it's worthwhile persisting with more brews as my first few were pretty bad (they did get better after about 10 months in the bottle though).
Some small tips that I personally found helped were
1) try using safale instead of the kit yeast
2) ferment at or around 18-20 degrees
3) Use malt instead of dextrose
4) Don't go too fancy with a brew too soon
Cheers,
Jay.
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At first I read this to mean you brewed it a few months ago but only bottled it today. But that's not the case, so:
Is the beer flat? Is there white crap floating in the neck of the bottle? What's the bad taste like- eggs or vinegar? Did it always taste bad? How did you test the alcohol content?
Questions questions answers answers.
Is the beer flat? Is there white crap floating in the neck of the bottle? What's the bad taste like- eggs or vinegar? Did it always taste bad? How did you test the alcohol content?
Questions questions answers answers.
Salut!