[garc_mall]

Is the hydrometer completely submerged? if not, add more liquid until either the hydrometer is completely submerged (Broken Hydrometer) or the hydrometer begins to float (dry beer). It is possible that the beer is just drier than your normal beers, and so it sunk a bit further than normal.

[csu007]

I have brewed an red ale, milk stout, and American wheat, would a dunkelweizen be drier than those?

[csu007]

Also if I fill my current tube any higher the beer will overflow and thus be about the same level as i currently use.

[denny]

I have brewed an red ale, milk stout, and American wheat, would a dunkelweizen be drier than those?

Shouldn't be.

[jeffy]

Also if I fill my current tube any higher the beer will overflow and thus be about the same level as i currently use.

So when you have the tube full of, say, water, where does your hydrometer read?  Is it still reading zero?  If so and it reads less than that in the beer sample, then that's one very dry beer.

[csu007]

that was my initial thought as well, i think i will try another sample today, then if i have same result as before i will racked the beer and let it settle for a day or two then remeasure.

[csu007]

So I had time to remeasure and i only siphoned out about 90ml and it floated this time. the gravity was about 1.10. which lower that expected but then my O.G. was lower than expected as well. Thanks for all the suggestions.

[ccfoo242]

That's good to hear.

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