So, Took my first gravity reading from the fermenter last night.
I used a turkey baster. What a royal pain?!
First question, is how do you all sterilize the baster? I did't have a bucket of starsan to put it in. I just sprayed it down inside and out from my spray bottle of starsan. But, then I needed to put it down, so I soaked a paper towel in starsan and laid it on that while I opened the lid to the fermenter. Was that ok? Had to do 5 or more dips with the baster to get enough beer to float the hydrometer. It dripped all over the place. The good news is the beer tasted pretty dang good. My wife thought I was nuts when I poured it for both of us to test, but she enjoyed it too!
Is a thief any better? I'm thinking it would have been just as easy to stick my autosiphon in and pump it, and siphon beer into the hydrometer test thingie.
Any better suggestions?
Signed, 'A bad little sucker!'
I used a turkey baster. What a royal pain?!
First question, is how do you all sterilize the baster? I did't have a bucket of starsan to put it in. I just sprayed it down inside and out from my spray bottle of starsan. But, then I needed to put it down, so I soaked a paper towel in starsan and laid it on that while I opened the lid to the fermenter. Was that ok? Had to do 5 or more dips with the baster to get enough beer to float the hydrometer. It dripped all over the place. The good news is the beer tasted pretty dang good. My wife thought I was nuts when I poured it for both of us to test, but she enjoyed it too!
Is a thief any better? I'm thinking it would have been just as easy to stick my autosiphon in and pump it, and siphon beer into the hydrometer test thingie.
Any better suggestions?
Signed, 'A bad little sucker!'