Recent content by tigatok

Cool, so here is what I did: at 1:12pm today, I sanitized the following: - Measuring cup - Hydrometer tube/casing - hydrometer I took a sample with measuring cup, poured it into the casing. Dropped the hydrometer in. Reading looked like attached pic. https://imgur.com/nkjNk2x The reading...

So I got my hydrometer in. What's the best way to take a reading if beer is still in the fermenter? Do I just sanitize the gadget and toss er in?

Interesting. So am I probably just good to follow the instructions and wait until the week or whenever it says? I don't have a hydrometer with me, it wasn't in the kit, however I will look into getting one. Thanks for taking the time to reply!

Hey all, Picked up Northern Brewers Block Party starter kit. Been about 3 days since brew day. As far as I can tell I followed all of the steps pretty damn well. Sanitization especially. After 3 days of no activity, I took a peek at what was happening. There was no krausen on top of...