Since you allready moved it to Secondary, Leave it alone. If it was still in the Primary, you could have added some form of sugar (Belgian Candi, table sugar, etc.) to some water, and boil it for 20 min. Then cool it down and add it to the Primary.
You don't want to add it to the Secondary, because it's "primary" purpose is to clear the beer before bottling.
You do however need to know what the Final Gravity is...
jpsb said:
If I could read a hydrometer I could tell you the SG before adding the yeast. All I know is that it was mid way between the 40 and 50.
I am very new to this. I tried brewing beer years ago and failed miserably. I am giving it a second go.
Hydrometer's are important, You really need this to brew beer!
A little help: The Hydrometer will give you a couple different things in extract brewing.
1. It will tell you the starting gravity of the wort (This is important to know because it will tell you when you are finished with Fermentation.)
2. It will tell you the Final Gravity of the beer (This is important to know because you don't want bottle Bombs!)
How to read: Most Hydrometers are based off of a 60deg F scale. Water will read 1.000 at 60 deg F for every 10 deg F above 60, we will subtract .001 from the reading
1. Add water to you hydrometer tube untill the hydrometer starts to float. Take a reading and write it down somewhere. (lets make the assumption your reading was 1.002)
2. Pull the hydrometer out and stick in your thermometer. Take a reading and write it down. (lets also make the assumption that your temp was 80deg F)
With the two above assumptions in hand, and the knowledge that the hydrometer is based off of a 60deg F scale. We would subtract .002 from 1.002. leaving us with an adjusted gravity of 1.000.
(Why would you need to know this) If you had a beer in the primary that started at 1.054 and finished bubbling at 1.022. But was suppose to finish out at 1.010. This would indicate that there is a problem. The extra Fermentables combined with the priming sugar would cause way to much carbonation at bottling time. Which in turn causes Bottle Bombs. (Ask anyone who has had this before, NOT FUN!)
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, Feel free to send me an message. I would be glad to help.
Cheers
Preston