Hydrometer reading impossibly low?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:45 pm
Hi all,
First post so I hope this is the right spot.
Doing a 'pure distilling' sugar wash with spirit enhancer (liquid carbon sachet). 21L water + 8kg White sugar + carbon + yeast.
O.G was 1.112@ 29C...this calibrates to 1.123 (i think).
F.G is reading 0.900 @ 20C
Over 5/6 days.
According to my calculations this gives me 29.27%ABV and 198% apparent attenuation. (This yeilds >7.6L in the barrel...loco.)
Is this a possible reading- seems way to high for this type of wash.
Hydrometer reads 1.000 in room temp water, and assuming i read it correctly are these impossible numbers?
Temps have been in the low 20's consistently.
Thanks in advance.
First post so I hope this is the right spot.
Doing a 'pure distilling' sugar wash with spirit enhancer (liquid carbon sachet). 21L water + 8kg White sugar + carbon + yeast.
O.G was 1.112@ 29C...this calibrates to 1.123 (i think).
F.G is reading 0.900 @ 20C
Over 5/6 days.
According to my calculations this gives me 29.27%ABV and 198% apparent attenuation. (This yeilds >7.6L in the barrel...loco.)
Is this a possible reading- seems way to high for this type of wash.
Hydrometer reads 1.000 in room temp water, and assuming i read it correctly are these impossible numbers?
Temps have been in the low 20's consistently.
Thanks in advance.