Today I started brewing. I used an extract kit, so nothing hardcore, but it was fun nevertheless. It's fermenting away as I type (hopefully). Anyway, during this process I discovered I'm an idiot.
Having never used a hydrometer before, I assumed it worked similar to a thermometer. So i sat there holding the hydrometer dipped in my wort for 5 minutes and started to get worried that the black viscus liquid at the bottom wasn't rising (like the mecury in a thermometer). After this amount of time, I realised that it floated, so thought "Wow, thats handy, now I don't need to hold it!". So I let it float and checked it every now and again to see if the liquid had risen yet, but no luck
It wasn't til about 10 minutes later that I discovered that you just have to read the level that it's floating at :cross:
Anyone else got any stories about when they've done something stupid during brewing?
Having never used a hydrometer before, I assumed it worked similar to a thermometer. So i sat there holding the hydrometer dipped in my wort for 5 minutes and started to get worried that the black viscus liquid at the bottom wasn't rising (like the mecury in a thermometer). After this amount of time, I realised that it floated, so thought "Wow, thats handy, now I don't need to hold it!". So I let it float and checked it every now and again to see if the liquid had risen yet, but no luck
It wasn't til about 10 minutes later that I discovered that you just have to read the level that it's floating at :cross:
Anyone else got any stories about when they've done something stupid during brewing?