simcoe4life
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While cleaning equipment after brewing I noticed that the small glass tip of my hydrometer was cracked off. It might have been broken prior to the brew session, or I might have cracked it afterwards - I just don't know.
I'm not so concerned about glass shards because I used a strainer while moving the wort from the kettle to the carboys. And in a few weeks when I rack the beer to secondary, and eventually tertiary (I plan to add fruit in secondary) I'm planning on using a filter on the racking tube, to be safe.
What I'm concerned about is the exposure of the hydrometer's lead shot to the wort. I'm pretty sure its lead. It's not like pieces of the lead broke off and got into the wort. It simply floated in the wort at 80F.
I'm not so concerned about glass shards because I used a strainer while moving the wort from the kettle to the carboys. And in a few weeks when I rack the beer to secondary, and eventually tertiary (I plan to add fruit in secondary) I'm planning on using a filter on the racking tube, to be safe.
What I'm concerned about is the exposure of the hydrometer's lead shot to the wort. I'm pretty sure its lead. It's not like pieces of the lead broke off and got into the wort. It simply floated in the wort at 80F.