GNBrews
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Does anyone know what type of metal is usually used in the base of hydrometers to give them weight? I'm *really* hoping it's something benign like tin, and not lead. The reason I ask is that while brewing with my brother-in-law the other day, my hydrometer fell off the counter and the weighted half ended-up in the fermenter.
Normally lead metal doesn't have a very high solubility, but beer is a bit acidic and I wonder if maybe we should pitch the batch.
Normally lead metal doesn't have a very high solubility, but beer is a bit acidic and I wonder if maybe we should pitch the batch.