Broke my $%&@ing hydrometer

I was washing some stuff and I was really pissed at my wife, which caused me to "place" the hydrometer in the sink a little too vigorously.

Let this be a lesson to everyone...











Never get married.

Or follow Walker's example and don't use one!

He does own one but it's actually Mrs Walker who uses it on the Wine they have going. Maybe her first post on this site will be similar to yours cweston!

I broke my last one just wiping it down after a measurement. I may not even get another. I would give up brewing if my wife wanted me to.

Blender said:

I would give up brewing if my wife wanted me to.

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*Coughs up a bit of homebrew*

Huh??? Oh, man say it ain't so.........

Bah so what I broke my floating thermometer brewing on friday.. and yes the Hopstopper not only filters hops and trub but it filters little shards of thermometer glass too!

budbo said:

Bah so what I broke my floating thermometer brewing on friday.. and yes the Hopstopper not only filters hops and trub but it filters little shards of thermometer glass too!

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Uhm, should you be concerned with the mercury from the themometer?

Spyk'd said:

Uhm, should you be concerned with the mercury from the thermometer?

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Only if it causes off-flavors.

...or if it's non-food-grade mercury.

You guys...I only use my therm and hydrometer in the plastic sample tube.

When "cleaning" it I hold it under hot water. That's it.

There's no scrubbing or rubbing involved because hot water dissolves all the sugar away.

Spyk'd said:

Uhm, should you be concerned with the mercury from the themometer?

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No, it was a floating themometer just the outer glass broke.. The thermometer itself still works fine it just won't float any more

With all the old G.E. plants around here, I'm thinking one could market mercury as a local flavoring...

Blender said:

I broke my last one just wiping it down after a measurement. I may not even get another.

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Is that in reference to the hydrometer or the wife?

I broke my last one just wiping it down after a measurement. I may not even get another

Is that in reference to the hydrometer or the wife?

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Uhm, should you be concerned with the mercury from the themometer?

Only if it causes off-flavors.
...or if it's non-food-grade mercury.

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Holy jumping christ on a hot dog bun, you guys are funny. Thank you. Thank you, I am greatly cheered.

But I was thinking, if you've got mercury in your brew, you can turn it to your advantage.

A) Call it "Mad Hatter Beer"

B) Play it off like the Tuna companies, like this: "Sure, it's got a little mercury, but at least it's dolphin-safe!"

P funky said:

B) Play it off like the Tuna companies, like this: "Sure, it's got a little mercury, but at least it's dolphin-safe!"

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dolphin-safe beer. I like that!

I broke my good hyrdometer a few weeks ago, and am back to to the one with the lead-shot in it. time to invest in one of them fancy 25.00 ones

budbo said:

No, it was a floating themometer just the outer glass broke.. The thermometer itself still works fine it just won't float any more

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Gotcha. I'm new here and wasn't sure just how crazy you might be.


Not like ax murderer crazy, but crazy like not sanitizing bottles or something....


...wait, that's another thread.

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Thermometers don't have mercury anymore. Died alcohol if I remember correctly.

Is it really? Huh- that's good to know... in case I hit a dry spell. (SMASH! Gulp-gulp-gulp...aaahhh!!!)

cweston said:

I was washing some stuff and I was really pissed at my wife, which caused me to "place" the hydrometer in the sink a little too vigorously...

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sounds like you wern't drinking enough to make all the sharp words incoherent to the SWMBO?

D*Bo said:

Thermometers don't have mercury anymore. Died alcohol if I remember correctly.

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You forgot the all important word "some", as in "Some thermometers don't....."