I've just brewed my first batch Package Pale Ale
At what time in the process should I you make the starting gravity reading? After the wort is cooled? After it's pitched?
In all my readings I haven't been able to find this .
Thanks
Don
Just follow the prescribed method carefully & forget the damned hydrometer. I brewed for 20 years without one & even now I use only very occasionally. Many advanced brewers will need to use much more routinely but I imagine you have used a kit which is exactly the right place to start.
Pete
To answer the question, the OG reading is taken after cooling but before pitching the yeast.
To answer your question: Measure the OG (Original Gravity) after the wort is cooled, before you pitch. If you want to know your ABV then you will need to measure the gravities - the OG and the FG (Final Gravity).
If you don't care what you get, or rely on the predictions of the grain/extract then going without is ok.
peterl> Just follow the prescribed method carefully & forget the damned hydrometer.
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