I've developed a solution to not being able to read your hydrometer. What you need to do is borrow some kids skateboard....stand on the skate board and push your self off...then while rolling down the drive way, read your hydrometer, the rapid subtle up and down motions of the skate board will since with the hydrometer allowing you to get a perfect reading everytime. Dont forget to keep and eye on where your going or injury could result
My pet peeve is the steady stream of family and animals that want to constantly distract me, or fiddle with my stuff, while i'm brewing. I've had to re-sanitize my equipment so many times it isn't even funny.
my brew pot knows when Im not looking and at that very moment decides to boil over.
the hydro thing is just straight up weird, never ever, ever faces the right way.
diabolical.
When I warn everyone "I'm brewing tomorrow" (in other words don't include me in any plans and leave me alone) and then half way through I start hearing "how much longer?!"
Good to know I'm not the only one who gets jerked around by the evil hydrometer.
I've considered spending the money on a refractometer solely because of this.
my other peeve is low efficiency. and not getting 5 gallons, no matter how much water I start with. I could top up, but with my low eff. I'm already below my og with less than 5, and I'd end up way short if I topped up.
Then kids decide to make lunch on and around sanitized Kitchen. Nothing like picking up your hydo and finding peanut butter all over it.My pet peeve is the steady stream of family and animals that want to constantly distract me, or fiddle with my stuff, while i'm brewing. I've had to re-sanitize my equipment so many times it isn't even funny.
aiptasia said:My pet peeve is the steady stream of family and animals that want to constantly distract me, or fiddle with my stuff, while i'm brewing. I've had to re-sanitize my equipment so many times it isn't even funny.
When I warn everyone "I'm brewing tomorrow" (in other words don't include me in any plans and leave me alone) and then half way through I start hearing "how much longer?!"
I have been known to spray people with my sanitizer bottle.
works great for cats who think crushed grain is cat litter.
Im glad my cats show no interedt during the brewing process. I'm sure cat feces sont belong in the bjcp gradings
My cat just tries to eat the malt as I'm weighing it. I may need to get the sanitizer out earlier in the brew day.
I show my hydrometer who's boss by leaving it in the closet.
Thats bad for the hydrometers self-esteem, try giving it a time out next time.
Three hydrometers, three different readings.
Trying to remember which reads what is a pain.
Only three? I have four.
Trying to remember which reads what isn't just a pain. Its impossible.
So I wrote a simple computer program with 5 steps:
[*]Select the hydrometer. (This determines what correction is necessary for that hydrometer)
[*]Enter the observed gravity
[*]Display the corrected gravity for the selected hydrometer
[*]Enter the temperature
[*]Display the temperature corrected gravity for the selected hydrometer at the measured temperature.
I can't believe how useful this program has been.
-a.
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