Just made another sf mash and im trying to figure out this whole sg thing. i made a 6 gallon batch and cooled it down to 90 F and measured the starting sg. it can out to 1.092 and then used a chart to make up the difference for temp so that means its at 1.097. am i doing this right and does 1.097 sound good?

i made two 6 gallon batches and both are the same. one is bubbling like crazy but the other one is bubbling but not like the other one. i used mouth wash in the air lock to help with the smell for my girl friend. any idea?

Hi Outdoor, did you aireate the wash before pitching the yeast, and did you rehydrate your yeast at least an hour prior to pitching.
Mouth wash should be Ok, I use tails or some other drinking alcohol like cream de menth.
You don't need to take another reading until your mash finishes working. The more you open the fermenter the more likely contamination will occure.

Glad to here that's all it was.