First timer

wassy

just took my first reading and it read 3.8 is this about right.(coopers larger)

HBO_Staff

Coopers lager is often around 1038 (1.038) so that is a good guide as a starting point, it will then continue to lower as it ferments, to around 1010 (1.010) as a guide. Just leave it somewhere warm for a good few days to a week, check the readings are constant for 2 days in a row, and that you can see no small bubbles rising up through the liquid to the surface, and it will be ready to bottle