Broken hydrometer.. - Page 2

Brickhouse · 10-21-2008, 07:16 PM

No, I didn't even think of that. The one time I needed to do it I stabilized the temperatures of a gallon of each water and wert at 60F and then as accurately as possible made sure the volumes were the same. I needed about a gallon because the difference in weight between the two is only a few ouces. Then I simply found the quotent of the weight of the wert over the weight of my brewing water and went with that.

hammacks · 10-21-2008, 08:11 PM

I'm going to give this a shot soon and compare to my hydro.

**Bernie Brewer** · 10-21-2008, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by reefwreak

Hydrometers from a pet store will be identical, but be sure to check the calibrated temperatures. For salt water, they're usually calibrated for the 70s, dunno if beer ones are the same or lower. Otherwise they're the same, and will give you your sG readings no problem.

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Originally Posted by Bobby_M

Yup, I used an aquarium hydrometer for at least a year and yeah, mine was calibrated to 70F. Frankly, I liked that better since it's what I chill to anyway.

Agreed. Aquarium hydrometers are great in a pinch-for lower gravity beers. They only scale up to 1.060, which is fine for quite a few brews.