At second look,I see the meniscus is at 1.012. Reading straight through,as is proper,would be 1.014,sorry. I need a new script for my glasses. Harder to see small stuff. The difference between 1.010 & 1.012 is .002,or 2 points of gravity. A very small difference in ABV%. But measurable. It's better to be acurate when determining if FG is reached. No bottle bombs that way,all else being equal.
To be clear, one should ignore the rise in liquid around the hydrometer and read at the level of the majority of wort, right?
If I only have a 1 gallon carboy (do to space issues), I won't have a lot of finished product, so it's understandable that I want to keep as much wort as I can. With that said, if I have to take a few hydrometer readings, won't I be removing a pretty large amount of final product to conduct these readings? I've read that you should NOT be putting the tested wort back into the carboy due to potential aeration. If I do 3-5 hydrometer readings, I'm going to basically be losing about 2 bottles of beer or so, no? What is the minimum amount of wort you can use for an accurate hydrometer reading?
Yeah,knowing how long it'll take to at least get close to FG def helps.
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