How do you read these things? I know it is where it floats on the beer but the chart on mine says 1.000 then has the 20 30 40 50 marks ect. so if it is at like 40 it is just 1.040 right? then adjust for temperature and stuff?
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Cregar
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sounds about right... just make sure you either bob it or spin it to get any bubbles off of it.
MA_Brewer
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Bottom! If you use a cylinder of some type, make sure it isn't "stuck" to the side.coyote said:
JacktheKnife
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Howdy,
This is a picture of three hydrometers.
http://www.leebrewery.com/hydromet.htm
One at OG, one at FG, and one is 'just water'.
I've been brewing 15 years and seldom use mine.
For ale:
A week in the primary,
a week in the sencondary,
and bottle.
Simple.
jacksknifeshop.tripod.com
This is a picture of three hydrometers.
http://www.leebrewery.com/hydromet.htm
One at OG, one at FG, and one is 'just water'.
I've been brewing 15 years and seldom use mine.
For ale:
A week in the primary,
a week in the sencondary,
and bottle.
Simple.
jacksknifeshop.tripod.com
New to brewing, but not to reading glassware, since I work in a lab. AFAIK, you always read the bottom of a (concave) meniscus. If you have a convex meniscus (ie old-school mercury barometer), then you read at the top, but beer/wort in a tube should always form a concave meniscus.coyote said:
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