WaltG Well-Known Member Joined Nov 1, 2013 Messages 489 Reaction score 44 Location Redding Nov 23, 2013 #1 Ok, just making sure I'm reading correctly. I come up with 1.010. Hydrometer is calibrated at 60 deg so that makes it 1.011?
Ok, just making sure I'm reading correctly. I come up with 1.010. Hydrometer is calibrated at 60 deg so that makes it 1.011?
unionrdr Homebrewer, author & air gun collector HBT Supporter Joined Feb 19, 2011 Messages 39,136 Reaction score 3,815 Location Sheffield Nov 23, 2013 #2 Try to get the hydrometer to float in the middle & read thru the meniscus (where the beer curves up against the hydrometer). Can't connect with brewheads.com anymore for correction program?
Try to get the hydrometer to float in the middle & read thru the meniscus (where the beer curves up against the hydrometer). Can't connect with brewheads.com anymore for correction program?
OP OP WaltG Well-Known Member Joined Nov 1, 2013 Messages 489 Reaction score 44 Location Redding Nov 23, 2013 #3 I used http://www.brewersfriend.com/hydrometer-temp/ I need something better to test in. That was just the tube hydrometer came in.
I used http://www.brewersfriend.com/hydrometer-temp/ I need something better to test in. That was just the tube hydrometer came in.
unionrdr Homebrewer, author & air gun collector HBT Supporter Joined Feb 19, 2011 Messages 39,136 Reaction score 3,815 Location Sheffield Nov 23, 2013 #4 I use the same thing. But I got this blue hard foam washer thing that NB sells to stand it up better for $1.60. http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/brewing-equipment/testing-measuring/foam-hydrometer-stand-ring-blue.html
I use the same thing. But I got this blue hard foam washer thing that NB sells to stand it up better for $1.60. http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/brewing-equipment/testing-measuring/foam-hydrometer-stand-ring-blue.html