JM <NoSpam@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Started a batch of Cooper's Nut Brown Ale yesterday. During the sanitizing[/color]
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> broke my only hydrometer and was unable to measure OG.
> I used 2lb of Muntons spraymalt extract. The total volume was 5 gallons
> (US.)
>
> What would be a good guestimate of the OG? I will be buying two[/color]
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> hydrometers (1 spare) to measure the FG.
>[/color]

As Denny noted, I hope you had some other sugars in your brew, or it'll be
mighty thin!

If this happens again, simply take your sample, place it in a jar, cover it
with plastic wrap, place it in the fridge, then take your reading after you
get your new hydometer. Be sure it comes back up to 60F before you take the
reading, or it will be off.

Beer here,

Mike

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