Taste testing

Krieger betrunkener · Nov 17, 2007

Just needed some opinions on taste testing. Made a batch of apfelwein in a brew bucket. I removed the airlock inserted my sterilized tube and siphoned out enough for a gravity test and a rocks glass full for tasting, sterilized my airlock and put it back in.
Some recent reading on other sites leads me to worry about oxidization, but I wanted some real opinions. (i dont have a wine thief before you ask)

malkore · Nov 18, 2007

as long as you didn't splash the beer, you didn't oxidize it. a wine thief is handy, but not a required tool.

I do prefer it for grabbing samples from a carboy, vs. a turkey baster.

hellfireSam · Nov 18, 2007

I know some peolpe who don't even use the airlock...

Bobby_M · Nov 18, 2007

No need to steal extra for a sample. Take your gravity reading then drink out of the test tube.

Krieger betrunkener · Nov 20, 2007

wasnt enough in the test tube for a group sample (swmbo and friends)

and thanks for the turkey baster suggestion, i had never thought of or read of that.

Dycokac · Nov 20, 2007

if you followed ed's recipie to speck with the 2lbs dextrose, enough to sample gravity with should give you a tickle

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