Order Arrived+ Start Of Coopers Irish Stout Brew.

[Ciderhead]

Just checked  if you measured at 30 degrees your actual  need adjusting by .oo35 so your actual,value is 1.041 which will give you 4.1
A bloody good sir to make sure all that treacle is dissolved and then bump it a couple of point with the brewing or table sugar you have and pitch and lid on

[Ciderhead]

If the wort was 30°C at his last post then he took the gravity of wort of at least that temperature. I think that'd part of the problem.

Deadman, the gravity needs to be taken at 20°C ideally, but you can take it hotter and correct it using a site like this:
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/hydrometer.html

It's normally 15 but you knew that
http://www.howtobrew.com/appendices/appendixA.html

[Greg2013]

Ok so ye got in ahead of me and the actaual adjusted OG is 1.041 accounting for a temp of 30C/86F.


Well ciderhead everything is in the fv now so can i still add more sugar and anyway why do i need to?

[Ciderhead]

Oh I'm exhausted from the stress how are we doing temp wise now?

[Greg2013]

27.5C ciderhead and falling slowly Now get back to what you just said about adding more sugar to the 23 litres of wort. Its as much for me as other newbies

[Ciderhead]

Lessons for newbies
1) listen to the idiots that have done it all before
2) first recipes keep as simple as possible, water, sugar or brew enhancer this allows you to get familiar with equipment, the process what's required
3) don't get too upset if it gets the better of you lesson learnt for next one

[Ciderhead]

Do you have brewing sugar or table sugar?

[Greg2013]

I have both,1kg dextrose,3kg table sugar, still have more treacle as well.

[Greg2013]

As an added note to all newbies, ye can see now how getting over excited carried me away and i forgot important steps in the process,end result i can't pitch my yeast because my wort is too hot and i can't add cold water. Also i can't measure my OG properly at 30C Learn from my mistakes and pray that a patient friend like ciderhead and the rest will drag ye along

[Ciderhead]

Fuk the treacle put in batches of 100 g of dextrose until you get to your desired gravity
Retro bumping is not normally advisable for virgin kit brewers

[LordEoin]

I missed all the fun 

I think hydrometers should read 1.000 in 20C water.

Sugarwise, i'd say just leave it the way it is.
1.038 - 1.010 = 3.8, but once you factor in the priming sugar you'll be looking more at 4.1
Chalk all the confusion down to a lesson learned 

If it's still too warm (anything over 22) strap some frozen water bottles to the side for a while
Or THESE BOYOS

You can start making the second brew, even without an airlock.
Just put an upside-down bottle cap over the hole.
Or a square of clingfilm or baking paper with 3 sides taped down.
That will let gas out while keeping it safe. The airflow will be going one way.. out 

[Greg2013]

I was just thinking what if i dropped the whole fv into the chest freerzer for say 30 mins would that help?

To be quite honest i am more concerned with the brew turning out well than i am with the alcohol content. I f i get an abv of 3.5% i will be happy. I can always learn from my mistakes for the next brew

[LordEoin]

Yup, I've done that plenty of times 
Just make sure it's not touching anything that could infect it.
probably best to keep it off the meat and fish too in case you defrost them a bit.

[LordEoin]

But he's excited and it's his first brew and he wants to get it all done tonight and he wants to hear it bubble when he wakes up!

[LordEoin]

Do panic.

lol