How to take reading while in Primary?
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With simple sanitization practices openning the fermenter to take a reading is perfectly safe. You won't spoil your beer.
This is what I use, and it works with both buckets and carboys.
I replaced the plastic one a year ago with an extra long stainless baster from a kitchen ware store and it is awesome. But the plastic one from any grocery store works fine.
And
Here's what I do....
1) With a spray bottle filled with starsan I spray the lid of my bucket, or the mouth of the carboy, including the bung. Then I spray my turkey baster inside and out with sanitize (or dunking it in a container of sanitizer).
2) Open fermenter.
3) Draw Sample
4) fill sample jar (usualy 2-3 turky baster draws
5)Spray bung or lid with sanitizer again
6) Close lid or bung
6) add hydrometer and take reading
It is less than 30 seconds from the time the lid is removed until it is closed again. More like 15 if you ask me.
Probably less if you have help. And unless a bird flies in your place and lets go with some poop, you should be okay.
This is what I use, and it works with both buckets and carboys.
I replaced the plastic one a year ago with an extra long stainless baster from a kitchen ware store and it is awesome. But the plastic one from any grocery store works fine.
And
Here's what I do....
1) With a spray bottle filled with starsan I spray the lid of my bucket, or the mouth of the carboy, including the bung. Then I spray my turkey baster inside and out with sanitize (or dunking it in a container of sanitizer).
2) Open fermenter.
3) Draw Sample
4) fill sample jar (usualy 2-3 turky baster draws
5)Spray bung or lid with sanitizer again
6) Close lid or bung
6) add hydrometer and take reading
It is less than 30 seconds from the time the lid is removed until it is closed again. More like 15 if you ask me.
Probably less if you have help. And unless a bird flies in your place and lets go with some poop, you should be okay.
When in doubt, sanitize.....You should never question whether or not you should sanitize something....You can't hurt your beer sanitizing, but you sure as hell can ruin it by not....No-rinse santizers are cheap, so spray em....
A turkey baster is perfect. I use a cheap one myself. Do not trust a new one straight from the package is sanitized.
I keep a pint of cheap alcohol handy for whenever I don't have any sanitizer ready. About a dollar from any chemist store. I usually use it to wipe bottles and the mouths of jars with yeast, but I have found the mouth is the perfect size for a turkey baster. I will put the baster in the bottle, as far as I can, suck alcohol up the inside, and this will sanitize both the inside and outside of the baster. Remove the baster, wipe the outside with a clean piece of paper towel, shake the baster to get as much of the alcohol out/off as possible and take my sample.
Get some alcohol on the piece of paper towel, and you can wipe seal surfaces with it before closing the bucket back up.
I keep a pint of cheap alcohol handy for whenever I don't have any sanitizer ready. About a dollar from any chemist store. I usually use it to wipe bottles and the mouths of jars with yeast, but I have found the mouth is the perfect size for a turkey baster. I will put the baster in the bottle, as far as I can, suck alcohol up the inside, and this will sanitize both the inside and outside of the baster. Remove the baster, wipe the outside with a clean piece of paper towel, shake the baster to get as much of the alcohol out/off as possible and take my sample.
Get some alcohol on the piece of paper towel, and you can wipe seal surfaces with it before closing the bucket back up.
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