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CB-Illinois:
Hi all,

I started brewing a Wheat Ale Sunday and checked the sp gr last night.  It was still at 1.050.  Is that normal after only a couple of days of frementation?  Also the air lock is no longer bubbling and Krausen has occured and the yeast has flockulated and settled out.

Thank's for your help!

majorvices:
Not sure what sp gr is, and I have been brewing for 17 years!

What was your SG (starting gravity)? If you started at 1.050 and you had active fermentation and no the hydro reads 1.050 you are doing something wrong. That would be technically impossible. What temp were you fermenting? What yeast did you use? Can you give us a recipe?

majorvices:
Not saying this is your case, but I have read a few times where people took gravity readings and the bottom of the hydrometer was sitting on the bottom of the flask and the hydrometer itself was not floating. Not sayin', just checkin'.

CB-Illinois:
Hi,

The OG was 1.070 and has gone down to 1.050.  I was reading one of Greg Noonan's books last night and he mentioned the abreviation sp gr to be the correct way to abbreviate specific gravity when it is written with a decimal.

About how long should I let a beer ferment if I started at 1.070?

Again, thank you for your help!

majorvices:
Cool. Guess I don't remember that from his book. Not the way I have commonly seen it referenced.

There's no way it could be done or your hydrometer reading is off. What temp are you fermenting at? Can you post a recipe? Yeast?

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