what would make a good substitute for a hydrometer test tube?

I'm looking for something to use till the tube I ordered arrives in the mail.

Tall skinny vase
Champagne flute if tall & skinny
Clear vinyl tubing (w/thumb on the bottom)
...basically anything tall, skinny & clear will work.

The tube the hydrometer came in.

graduated cylinder

hwilshusen said:

The tube the hydrometer came in.

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I did this for a while. Not ideal, hard to keep it aplomb to the hydro doesn't stick to side, but it worked in a pinch. Hard to find many things that are nearly a foot tall, clear, and thin enough to not have to use a quart of beer to take a sample.

use anything, just make sure it's sanitized and dump the wort back into the fermenter

Rivenin said:

use anything, just make sure it's sanitized and dump the wort back into the fermenter

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I'm not to keen on the idea of dumping wort back into fermentor. "I read the (post your infection) thread". I just used the tube my hydrometer came in for today and should get the graduated cylinder I ordered tomorrow.

depends on how much beer you want to waste pouring it out after the test.

personally, i studied a lot of BJCP stuff to figure out what i could comfortably FORGET, and I will again use my hydrometer if there is a problem I cannot figure out otherwise.

(I don't care about 4.3 versus 5.8 so I drink till i feel it, and don't enter competitions. ymmv. have fun!) one day won't kill you, unless you happen to die.