I just got done my first batch yesterday and my major issue was figuring out the initial OG. After taking the advice of other members I decided to ferment in my glass carboy but that brought up two new issues. How do I measure to exactly 5 gallons and how do I check the OG? I got around it by first pouring it in the bucket so I could measure and take the OG and then siphoned it into the carboy. It was a pain, is this the only way to do this? Also measuring was hard, there was foam and my little device was hard to read so I'm not really use what my initial OG was. Advice?