Beer Updates and the Alcohol by Volume Calculator

We started brewing our first batch of beer last Friday. Fermentation has already slowed considerably, probably due to it fermenting at a warmer temperature.

I decided to cook up a spreadsheet to calculate the % alcohol by volume given the specific gravity and temperature of your first and last hydrometer readings. You can down load the Alcohol by Volume Calculator at http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=phcv9BEOrYoq4FN1API_eMA&output=xls


Details about our own brew: The first reading was 1.046 (at 76 deg. F). The last reading was 1.011 (at 70 deg.F.). Yielding a tasty little brew of between 4.9 to 5.6 % alcohol by volume. If the reading stays about the same tomorrow, then we are ready to bottle!

UPDATE: Hydrometer reading for June 20 (next day) 1.009. (We bottle when the difference in readings is negligible.) June 22: 1.008.