I just broke my hydrometer.
Cleaning up the brewery and wasn't paying attention too much. Turned around and heard the glass shattering on the concrete floor behind me. I had knocked it from its perch in the drying rack.
As I picked up the pieces, I realized that this is the last piece of my original brewing equipment that I still own. Fermentation buckets, brew kettles, airlocks, have all been replaced through the years. Even the plastic cylinder I fill with wort to measure gravity with has been replaced. But this little instrument has remained. Even a few years ago when I went big and purchased a temperature correcting refractometer, I kept the hydrometer around for measuring final gravities.
This little guy has seen every batch I've made for twenty years.
He was a good hydrometer. Always faithful and accurate.
He will be missed.
Cleaning up the brewery and wasn't paying attention too much. Turned around and heard the glass shattering on the concrete floor behind me. I had knocked it from its perch in the drying rack.
As I picked up the pieces, I realized that this is the last piece of my original brewing equipment that I still own. Fermentation buckets, brew kettles, airlocks, have all been replaced through the years. Even the plastic cylinder I fill with wort to measure gravity with has been replaced. But this little instrument has remained. Even a few years ago when I went big and purchased a temperature correcting refractometer, I kept the hydrometer around for measuring final gravities.
This little guy has seen every batch I've made for twenty years.
He was a good hydrometer. Always faithful and accurate.
He will be missed.
