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Offline flbrewer

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Gravity and Sediment
« on: July 22, 2014, 05:21:17 pm »
I was just about to re-check FG and realized that I'm dry-hopping. Since gravity tests the density of the beer, wouldn't loose hop sediment falsely increase the reading?
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Offline Stevie

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Re: Gravity and Sediment
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2014, 05:44:35 pm »
Shouldn't.
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Re: Gravity and Sediment
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2014, 06:55:30 pm »
The hop particles are in suspension and not dissolved so they should have no effect on gravity.
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Re: Gravity and Sediment
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2014, 07:44:35 am »
If you are dry hopping now, why not just wait until you get ready to package the batch to take a final gravity reading?  One less step, one less chance of oxidation/infection.  +1 to laziness!
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