1st time brewer

[genoceres]

Hi All,

First all, apologies if this has been answered somewhere else - I'm not too good on searching in forums and may have missed the answer.

I've just attempted my first brew ever. Following the instructions, I was waiting for the bubbling to stop. 14 days after mixing it all, I've got tired of waiting and borrowed a hydrometer from a friend. I was expecting to find something around 1.14(ish) but instead have got a measurement of 1.01.

Have I completely stuffed it up, or does this just mean it's going to be a heavier/stronger pint?

Many Thanks,

Alec

[ianh82]

hiya

i have just finished my first beer kit, woodfordes wherry. my hydro reading after the first fermentation said the same and i found out this was good. anywhere between 1.00 and 1.050 is good aparently.

if i'm wrong, please correct me guru's of home brew

my beer was lovely.

[genoceres]

couldn't be happier - mine also happens to be a woodforde's wherry

Thanks for the info - I'm off to bottle.

Cheers,

Alec

[ianh82]

hope it tastes good. mine was lovely, but kegged mine. didn't last long when the boys came round either

[Pinto]

Its all good Ales tend to finish at a higher SG normally due their use of darker malts that have more of the unfermentable sugars that add taste and body to the pint - but you never can tell (my tarweiber was supposed to finish around 1015 but its sitting in my secondary waiting to be bottled tonight and ended at 1008)