kbuzz
Well-Known Member
I just got finished racking my stout to secondary on top of some roasted coconut. It was in the primary for 2 weeks and the airlock had stopped bubbling easily within the first week. I know I should have taken the reading before racking to secondary, but I haven't had any stuck ferm issues yet, so I just racked to the next vessel and siphoned off a reading at the tail end of the transfer.
Well, the reading was 1.019...not terrible, but not great (1.012 estimated FG). But here's the thing. I used a mixture of 8 oz of cocoa powder that was added after flameout. I noticed when racking that there was a thick layer of this "chocolate" mixture at the bottom of the bucket and I'm sure I ended up with a decent bit of that in my sample.
According to that sample, I'm at about 4.2 ABV, which I'm actually fine with (as long as it tastes okay)...but is it more likely that my reading wasn't accurate because of the chocolate sludge that got into my sample?
I'm gonna take another sample before kegging either way...especially since it looks like a second ferm has started in the secondary...so maybe those extra points will ferment out??
Well, the reading was 1.019...not terrible, but not great (1.012 estimated FG). But here's the thing. I used a mixture of 8 oz of cocoa powder that was added after flameout. I noticed when racking that there was a thick layer of this "chocolate" mixture at the bottom of the bucket and I'm sure I ended up with a decent bit of that in my sample.
According to that sample, I'm at about 4.2 ABV, which I'm actually fine with (as long as it tastes okay)...but is it more likely that my reading wasn't accurate because of the chocolate sludge that got into my sample?
I'm gonna take another sample before kegging either way...especially since it looks like a second ferm has started in the secondary...so maybe those extra points will ferment out??
