Hydrometer

[Tights1967]

Hi,

Due to Barrel on Sunday, can you please give me some tips using a Hydrometer, do i need a Trial Jar.

Ta

 

[Cyclops]

I would get a 100ml trial jar, put the hydrometer in it fill with your beer you are testing, and give it a spin, then read where it is on the line, remember though the water will stem up the hydrometer so you need to read it as level with the water.

 

[Tights1967]

Thanks,

Do you know anywhere on the high street where i can buy a Trial Jar?

 

[Cyclops]

Wilkinsons sell both :)

 

[Tights1967]

Love you guys xxxxxx

 

[jonnymorris]

Or you could just bung it into your FV prior to racking to your barrel and take a reading from there.

Note: this is riskier if its not been properly sterilised.

 

[cask is best]

That's all i do sterilise it bung it in the F.V and take a reading from there. :

 

[Andyhull]

I sterilise mine at the beginning with everything else and put it in to take the SG and it stays in there for the FG until i rack to my bottles.

Always sterile that way

 

[Aleman]

That's all i do sterilise it bung it in the F.V and take a reading from there. :

I sterilise mine at the beginning with everything else and put it in to take the SG and it stays in there for the FG until i rack to my bottles.

May as well allow a blind chimpanzee with a pointed stick take the gravity reading for you then

 

[Andyhull]

May as well allow a blind chimpanzee with a pointed stick take the gravity reading for you then

:wha:

 

[cask is best]

:rofl:

That's all i do sterilise it bung it in the F.V and take a reading from there. :

I sterilise mine at the beginning with everything else and put it in to take the SG and it stays in there for the FG until i rack to my bottles.

May as well allow a blind chimpanzee with a pointed stick take the gravity reading for you then

Ahem i have had no problems sterilising and putting it in the FV take a reading from there. So maybe this Chimpanzee is slightly more intelligent then you. You must be doing something wrong if you can't manage that :party:

 

[ScottM]

May as well allow a blind chimpanzee with a pointed stick take the gravity reading for you then

:wha:

I think he means the angle that you will be reading at means it won't be accurate. Not sure if taking the readings consistently from the wrong angle will make it OK though.

 

[cask is best]

May as well allow a blind chimpanzee with a pointed stick take the gravity reading for you then

:wha:

I think he means the angle that you will be reading at means it won't be accurate. Not sure if taking the readings consistently from the wrong angle will make it OK though.

As i said Scott never had a problem i can get to a level to see where the brew is up to on the Hydrometer. Giving the Hydrometer a twirl in the brew to diplace air bubbles attached and it's not a problem

 

[Andyhull]

I may be 2 points out if that much, it will still give me an aproximate ABV% but as you say i will be taking the reading from the same angle each time so will still know when i have 2 or 3 consecutive reading for bottling.

The acohol level isn't as important to me as the tast!!! so long as i have an aproximate idea of the ABV% then i'm happy.

After all, im only doing kits at the moment!

Andy

 

[Hawks]

It's also going to get yeast and crud from the Krausen attached to it...

 

[Andyhull]

It's also going to get yeast and crud from the Krausen attached to it...

Not mine,

I lick it clean every time i take a reading :lol:

Point taken

 

[Tights1967]

Hi Guys,

Being doing some readings over the last 3 days,Fri was 1040, sat and today 1030, should i be worried?

Soz if it's a stupd question...

 

[jonnymorris]

Sounds like it's fermenting.

 

[new brewer 2012]

Takes a while..I have had my lager sitting for 2 weeks and the OG was a strong 1070 and after 2 weeks it's still 1020..Been like that for 7 days..Just gave the liquid a stir and going to leave it for 2 more days..If still the same I am going to keg it. :

 

[crofty83]

That's all i do sterilise it bung it in the F.V and take a reading from there. :

I sterilise mine at the beginning with everything else and put it in to take the SG and it stays in there for the FG until i rack to my bottles.

Can't say I'm too keen on this idea myself either. More from the fact that every time you remove the lid, your letting god knows what have access to the wort plus every time, CO2 escapes and air gets in. Don't get me wrong I did it like this on my first two brews but now I've installed taps in my FV's so I can take samples into a trial jar and use the hydrometer in that.