El Pistolero
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Why do you need an excuse?SWMBO said:Without taking hydrometer readings, you have no particular excuse to sample your beer.
'nuff said.
Why do you need an excuse?SWMBO said:Without taking hydrometer readings, you have no particular excuse to sample your beer.
'nuff said.
El Pistolero said:Why do you need an excuse?
Obviously...but which is which?t1master said:every post in this thread proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt that folks use or disuse, like/dislike of the hydrometer is clearly split between left and right brain/type a type b personality traits.
SWMBO said:Without taking hydrometer readings, you have no particular excuse to sample your beer.
'nuff said.
Actually, I've been brewing since '93. I sample and write down the data for my records. I also taste the samples. I take my samples with a thief and place the contents into the plastic tube to take measurements/readings because I am curious. There's nothing wrong with that.Blaine said:If you are still using a hydro for "testing", then presumably you are still at primary or early secondary stage which beggs the question....
Why would you want to be drinking/sampling "green" beer anyway ... Sick puppy....
homebrewer_99 said:Actually, I've been brewing since '93. I sample and write down the data for my records. I also taste the samples. I take my samples with a thief and place the contents into the plastic tube to take measurements/readings because I am curious. There's nothing wrong with that.
I agree with you...and Janx on the readings, but knowing how to use a hydrometer has not gone the way of the slide scale. I don't read bubbles divided by seconds - you just might have a stuck fermentation. I prefer knowing the gravity and temp when determining when to bottle.rewster451 said:I use a hydrometer before I pitch yeast, when I rack, and when I bottle. I think these are very appropriate times to use one. I never decide to bottle until about two weeks after the bubbles stop. I take gravities to know ABV%.
I think the root of what Janx is saying is that new brewers sometimes get kind of insane about hydrometer readings and don't pay attention to what really matters: is the yeast done working? I've seen a lot of posts where people freak out about hydro readings and they don't say anything about the beer bubbling, or yeast sediment, or taste, or anything else that could tell you just as much without doing a lot of unnecessary math.
Use the hydrometer, but don't rely on it, and don't use it when it's not appropriate.
Wow, zombie thread walking here...
I personally want to know the alcohol content of beer I'm drinking so that I know when/if I can drive if I need to after having 2-3 beers. It's kinda hard to do when you have no idea how much ABV is in your beers. I never go by the "I feel ok to drive" concept because I can't tell you how many times I've seen completely hammered people think they're OK to drive.
Of course, at home with no plans to go out it doesn't matter so much, but I still like knowing the ABV of my beers.
The truth is really somewhere in the middle.
I still use a hydro from time to time for different reasons. For beginners I really think its a must in order to learn about them especially if glass bottling. If you plan to get serious about brewing learn the importance of the gravity of your beer!. Better safe than sorry. I cant believe this thread died so long ago. Ha.
Congrats on digging up a 6 YEAR OLD THREAD.
Yep. Hmph.
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