Possibly the dumbest question you will hear today

[Taff]

Ok, when testing a wine which you think is ready, how do you get your wine into the hydrometer jar?

Tip and pour?

 

[Drunkula]

I used to use a turkey baster but now use a syringe with the blunt filling needles you get in inkjet refill kits. They're great for taking small samples and nice and easy to sanitise. I'd love it if they did 30 cm ones so you could take out an airlock and take a sample through the hole to reduce oxidation.

 

[An Ankoù]

Ok, when testing a wine which you think is ready, how do you get your wine into the hydrometer jar?

Tip and pour?

Equally pertinent, what do you do with the wine in the hydrometer jar when you've tested it and how do you make up the ullage in the demi-john?

I'd love it if they did 30 cm ones so you could take out an airlock and take a sample through the hole to reduce oxidation.

Check out lab pipettes. I wonder if the make small hydrometers and test cylinders. Mine takes 100 ml to fill it, what a waste.

 

[Gerryjo]

I used to use a turkey baster but now use a syringe with the blunt filling needles you get in inkjet refill kits. They're great for taking small samples and nice and easy to sanitise. I'd love it if they did 30 cm ones so you could take out an airlock and take a sample through the hole to reduce oxidation.

Why not use a piece of tubing attached to the syringe and fit through the airlock hole in the bung,

 

[terrym]

the ullage in the demi-john?

Ullage in a demijohn!!
Its not a refinery storage tank

 

[Gerryjo]

Ullage in a demijohn!!
Its not a refinery storage tank

Now keep it clean....

 

[GerritT]

A vessel with a tap?

 

[Clint]

Cheapo turkey baster from Wilko.

 

[An Ankoù]

Ullage in a demijohn!!
Its not a refinery storage tank

Indeed: Item 2 makes especially interesting reading, as does the etymology.
Ullage - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ullage
Ullage or headspace is the unfilled space in a container, particularly with a liquid. Contents. 1 Etymology; 2 Wine and spirits; 3 Beer; 4 Rocketry; 5 Industrial use ...
‎Etymology · ‎Beer · ‎Rocketry
Even so, my "What do you do with the wine in the sample jar when you've tested it?" was an attempt to beat Taff at "Possibly the dumbest question".

 

[kelper]

I put the hydrometer in the demijohn. Simples.

 

[Taff]

I'll try the turkey Baxter method, (Ooh, matron, the screens!!)

Thanks to all who have replied, any more thoughts, tips, tricks welcomed!

 

[dad_of_jon]

I use one of these....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/1531146461...MIw_KU9dGb5AIVSNreCh0yoAo8EAQYAyABEgKhufD_BwE

 

[Brew_DD2]

I use one of these....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/1531146461...MIw_KU9dGb5AIVSNreCh0yoAo8EAQYAyABEgKhufD_BwE

This for me.

 

[Taff]

Ooh, that looks neat, thanks!!

 

[Rodj]

my "What do you do with the wine in the sample jar when you've tested it?" was an attempt to beat Taff at "Possibly the dumbest question".

You may have just about succeeded. Brings to mind a pic in my ancient copy of Berry's "First Steps", which shows him, bow-tied and ready for a formal dinner, sampling (or testing for readiness) wine from, if I recall correctly, a row of DJs, with a caption somewhat along the lines of (again, if I recall correctly) "Pleasant job, this."
So, who wins the prize: Taff or An Ankoù? Anyone care to vote?

 

[Rodj]

PS. Actually, I suspect neither of you win. I recall words from, I suspect, SWMBO, along the lines of "that's the most stupid question I've ever heard". I can't recall the question, but it doesn't matter because I wouldn't have dared to argue the point.

 

[Rodj]

PPS. The last part of that final sentence was unnecessary. Sorry. Witness the fact that I am here and able to write about it. If I had tried to argue the point, I wouldn't be. QED.

 

[Gerryjo]

PPS. The last part of that final sentence was unnecessary. Sorry. Witness the fact that I am here and able to write about it. If I had tried to argue the point, I wouldn't be. QED.

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