jpeebs
Well-Known Member
I'm looking around my house for something tall enough and having a hard time!! I know the local shop sells beakers that would work, just tryin to be eonomical.
You can just use the tube the hydrometer comes in.
i just stick the hydrometer in the 5 gallons of wort after boiling it to sterilize. anything wrong with that?
As long as it is deep enough,
I don't know if boiling your hydrometer is the best way to sterilize it though.
Not all primary buckets are as deep, I have one that has a larger diameter and is not deep enough to float my hydrometer,
Boiling may damage the hydrometer, it is pretty fragile.
A quick dip in a sanitizer, like Star-San for example, is safer for your hydrometer.
Of course that is just my opinion, you will get other views on the subject.
Soup4you2 said:I'm using this set: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/3-piece-thief-plastic.html
No real complaints, and it's tall enough to reach inside the carboy with no issues. Plus it's pretty cheap
Turkey baster. use a hydrometer and tube to measure.
+1.
I'm still trying to picture a fermenter too shallow to float a hydrometer???
I have a wide 8 gallon bucket. A 2.5 gallon batch only comes up a few inches.
Wouldn't having such a large surface area of beer, combined with so much headspace, dramatically increase the risk of oxidation? Why take the chance? Why not just ferment in a more appropriately-sized vessel?
What do you even need a container for? Just drop the hydro in your primary to get the readings........
Tough to do in a carboy!
dstranger99 said:What does OP even need a container for? Just drop the hydro in your primary to get the readings........
Oh, ok...Well, that would be hard... lol.........
And it's why I always use buckets for primary to do the SG & FG, so much easier to just star san the hydro and drop it in.......
+1.
I'm still trying to picture a fermenter too shallow to float a hydrometer???
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