Ginger Beer hydro reading

[yellow]

Hey guys, just got into homebrewing and love it. On my second brew and doing a Cooper Ginger Beer alcoholic brew with 1 kg of raw sugar.

Just wondering, both my brews have never bubbled through th airlock, but that is fine cause there is condensation on the inside of the lid and a brown ring on the line of the brew etc.

But when taking a final gravity reading on my ginger beer brew it comes out at 10.02 is that too low? I mean will it still be alcoholic The brew has been on just under 7 days. The initial reading was around 10.30 or so.

Thanks for any help

[drtom]

Relax. Don't worry....

That sounds fine. The lower the final gravity, the more sugar has been turned into alcohol. Remember, you can compute the %alv v/v by dividing the change in gravity by about 7.5 (i.e. (30 - 2)/7.5 ~= 3.7% alc v/v).

Hope this helps,
Tom

[Oliver]

Yellow,

This sounds OK.

In fact, some (all?) wine has an SG of below 1.000/1000 when it's finished fermenting. The further the SG falls, the more alcohol is in the beer/wine/ginger beer.

Remember, too, that there are artificial sweeteners in the ginger beer, which no doubt result in a lower SG than if there was, say, malt.

Oliver

[yellow]

beauty guys thanks for the info, can't wait to taste it.

[Shagger]

Hi Yellow,
You'll love the ginger beer.
Mine has a real earthy ginger flavour with a great bite in the aftertaste!
Very refreshing.

[yellow]

Yeah I can't wait to try it, bottled it the other day and waiting a few weeks then I will try it.