how to extract samples without thief

[RippinLt]

What is your procedure.

 

[mr_bell]

I've used a turkey baster, thoroughly cleaned and sanitized.

 

[Fantastical]

Yeap. Turkey baster.

 

[johnnyspade]

When I'm bottling, I'll jog the bottling wand up and down in the wort to get a small sample to taste. You won't draw much with this method though.

 

[sportscrazed2]

you have a soup ladle?

 

[RippinLt]

i went with a soup ladle, sanitized of course. Worked well!

 

[Gldnst8warrior]

Turkey Baster cause it works and its fun to say!

 

[drycreek]

I've been using a turkey baster recently, but today I did a 3 gal batch and put it in my 5 gal carboy for primary fermentation. The turkey baster wasn't long enough to reach the liquid level at that point, so I had to lower my hydrometer into the carboy and do the reading directly. Not quite as good.

I guess I'll buy a thief, but it seems kinda stupid since there is nothing to it. I could just get a hard plastic tube from the store and stick my thumb over the top end to hold the sample.