Question on "Ready" to bottle and Specific Gravity

I just checked my fermenter by tapping off a small bit into my holder that came with the specific gravity hydrometer. I placed the hydrometer into the beer and it went straight to the bottom, not really giving me any real reading.

My fermenter has never bubbled once yet out the air lock. The temp of the brw in th fermentor has been consistently around 20^C, and a black plastic bag over it to block out light.

This brew is Munsons Bock, and has been fermenting for 6 days now. The build up foam that was on top of the vat has pretty much left. I tasted the brew that I tapped off for the hydrometer cehck and it smelled and tasted like very weak and flat beer.

Also, when I tapped off the brew to check, it was super foamy and took a short bit to settle, but still had a small amount of remaining head. The way this first time novice with his 1st use of the new Coopers Home Micro-brew kit, was pretty much by their book/video:

Boil 2 liters of water, add the can of malt, add brewers sugar, stir till disolved, toss in fermenter, fill up with water to 23L mark, stir, add yeast (once at a certai temp range, I forget what, but I did wait for cooling), seal the top of fermenter, add air lock, check in 4 - 6 days. I did steralize everything, and I used Ozarka spring Water.

Ok, what all am I or have I done wrong? Please advise. I sure hope I can salvage this batch.

Thanks, Basil

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Basil Fawlty
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Try adding more beer to your test flask. The hydrometer should float in the beer filled tube. This page has the basics:

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What was the starting gravity? It is going to taste flat until it is bottled/kegged.

There will be some CO2 in solution during fermentation, it's normal.

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Just wait it out until you get three hydro reading that are the same over a few days. Then go ahead and bottle it and see what happens. It sounds like everything is fine. There is definitely a learning/experience curve for brewing. Just be patient and keep trying. You will learn from every batch you make and before long, you will be a pro.

Les

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Les Armstrong

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