Hydrometer Advice Needed

[BrewingWisdom]

just was trolling your ebay...and seeing this for $100USD equevalent surprised me!

https://www.daraz.pk/products/2020-...0e.searchlist.list.46.70cd546e7b4mhX&search=1

Yeah daraz.pk is our eBay and Amazon.
There are plenty others but small ones. I order most of my stuff from daraz. You can find almost everything here.

 

[bracconiere]

Didn't understand what you are trying to say?

the marketing teams don't want me to 'feel' the money leaving my wallet, so use words like free to loosen it up...

You can find almost everything here.

that's what surprised me! now i envision you kicking back with your hometheater watching bollywood movies instead of drinking out of the creek! (al beit trying to make beer with it! )

 

[BrewingWisdom]

the marketing teams don't want me to 'feel' the money leaving my wallet, so use words like free to loosen it up...



that's what surprised me! now i envision you kicking back with your hometheater watching bollywood movies instead of drinking out of the creek! (al beit trying to make beer with it! )

I pay a little shipping fee of 59-100 rupees( 40 cents almost).
I have both options we have beautiful hills and creeks in northern areas. I live close to northern part of country.

 

[Jacob_Marley]

Here are the hydrometers you want to choose from ...
https://www.daraz.pk/kitchen-scales1/?q=hydrometer&from=input

 

[BrewingWisdom]

Here are the hydrometers you want to choose from ...
https://www.daraz.pk/kitchen-scales1/?q=hydrometer&from=input

Those are from Chinese sellers not local ones. Same long waiting time and the risk of getting a broken piece. I've already ordered one from China in march and still waiting.

 

[bracconiere]

Here are the hydrometers you want to choose from ...
https://www.daraz.pk/kitchen-scales1/?q=hydrometer&from=input

i looked at one of those, think he's waiting on the 24-31 day delivery time?

and @BrewingWisdom wait? that's pakistan and not oregon? damn, making beer from that 'creek' would be a marketing thing here! coor's likes bragging about their rocky mountain water! (but they're all inbev now )

 

[BrewingWisdom]

i looked at one of those, think he's waiting on the 24-31 day delivery time?

and @BrewingWisdom wait? that's pakistan and not oregon? damn, making beer from that 'creek' would be a marketing thing here! coor's likes bragging about their rocky mountain water! (but they're all inbev now )

Of course lol that's northern pakistan not Oregon. If you doubt me search "northern Pakistan" on google.

 

[bracconiere]

Of course lol that's northern pakistan not Oregon. If you doubt me search "northern Pakistan" on google.

if i ever win and try playing 'name that skyline game' again...i'll throw them all a curve ball with that!

edit: not to pry but how does land ownership work? and how much does it cost to buy a house if possible?

 

[BrewingWisdom]

if i ever win and try playing 'name that skyline game' again...i'll throw them all a curve ball with that!

Again I am lost lol.
I can understand English but not your local jargon and terms.

 

[bracconiere]

Again I am lost lol.
I can understand English but not your local jargon and terms.

yeah, i have trouble with comunication skills.

but in that case there's a game people play around HBT, where people will post a picture of a skyline, and someone has to guess where it is....i thought a sky line from N.Pakistan would SOOOO, through them way off the track!

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/name-that-skyline-picture-game.586046/page-304#post-9276971

if you ever feel like playing, but it's a tough one!

 

[BrewingWisdom]

edit: not to pry but how does land ownership work? and how much does it cost to buy a house if possible?

Different areas have different rates.
Urban areas are more expensive.
In those northern areas land tend to cheap. In those northern areas mostly the natives live , very few city dwellers live or settle over there. In the future I intend to build a house over there with a secret brewery and distillary hidden in those mountains lol(only for my personal consumption)

 

[BrewingWisdom]

whoa man, i don't want all my attempts at coherent typing deleted after i typed it all....

the place for talking about brownie recipes is here....

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/what-did-i-cook-this-weekend.435844/page-456#post-9042813

Now I am hungry.

 

[bracconiere]

Different areas have different rates.

so what you're saying is there is not only no hydrometers, but no home ownership? i don't pay any rate?

 

[BrewingWisdom]

so what you're saying is there is not only no hydrometers, but no home ownership? i don't pay any rate?

I didn't say.
Of course there is a proper land ownership with a land record and proper documentation in the registration office run by the government.
And things can be cheap but not free. Like everywhere you have to pay to purchase a land.

 

[bobtheUKbrewer2]

all you need is a hydrometer measuring 1.000 to 1.060, take a reading pre yeast addition, and another at the end of fermentation. Typical would be 1.045 and 1.008

table on the web to convert that to abv

 

[Aelwyffe]

To add to the mash-up:
Brewing America has NIST-traceable hydrometers at: brewingamerica.com/collections/all
The one for beer has 3 scales, their "Pro Series Brewing ABV Testing Triple Scale."
The hydrometer should ship with a card with temperature adjustments around a certain range, but the full list of adjustments can be downloaded from their site.

 

[Bad DNA]

Wow I thought in such a developed and educated country everyone is at least a university graduate.

Not even close, friend. There are many parts with not much more basic education than how we perceive Pakistan. Sure, ~40% have a college degree of some kind, but we have large swaths of very uneducated folks here in the US. And having a university degree here doesn't mean knowledgeable by any stretch, or willing to use it.

Man, I love these kinds of forums -- chatting with someone from a very different culture on the other side of the spinning rock, and about beer.

 

[BrewingWisdom]

Not even close, friend. There are many parts with not much more basic education than how we perceive Pakistan. Sure, ~40% have a college degree of some kind, but we have large swaths of very uneducated folks here in the US. And having a university degree here doesn't mean knowledgeable by any stretch, or willing to use it.

Man, I love these kinds of forums -- chatting with someone from a very different culture on the other side of the spinning rock, and about beer.

Yeah our perceptions are wrong mostly and what I've found is that the human tribe is more similar than different. Regardless of a different culture , religion or race.

We have a literacy rate of around 60% with 15% who have a university education.
We also have a large swath of uneducated folks. Well education is everywhere ,I think we should not call someone uneducated just because he didn't pursue a formal path of education. Quite often you will meet people with more competence with no formal education.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Education vs experience vs knowledge vs wisdom.

 

[Homebrew Harry]

That does not look like a hydrometer for measuring beer (or cider, wine, etc.). From what I see, the first marks are 1.000, 1.100, and 1.200 and the readings max out at 2.000. The second reading (1.100) is what you would expect as the OG for a 11% beer. The scale for most beer hydrometers maxes out around 1.160.

Looking at that site, nothing jumped out to me as a suitable hydrometer. There are a few refractometers that might work.

I'm glad you looked at that and saved him the trouble. I'm still wondering what the hell I was seeing that morning. I would have swore the pic I saw had 1.000 near the top. My apologies to the OP and anyone else for that matter !

 

[bracconiere]

I'm glad you looked at that and saved him the trouble. I'm still wondering what the hell I was seeing that morning. I would have swore the pic I saw had 1.000 near the top. My apologies to the OP and anyone else for that matter !

for the record, the aquarium glass hydro i ordered, still has not been shipped....tracking number created, but not tendered to post office yet...might end up having to complain and get my money back....

@BrewingWisdom in Urdu, what be..

wait look for lactometer? that goes from 1.000 to at least 1.060? i see all kinds of lacto hydros on daraz!

most them look like they only go to 1.040, but that would still be useful for a lot of brews.....

edit: and especially perfectly fine if not prefered for final gravity readings, if that's the only reason you don't like refracs?

 

[BrewingWisdom]

for the record, the aquarium glass hydro i ordered, still has not been shipped....tracking number created, but not tendered to post office yet...might end up having to complain and get my money back....

@BrewingWisdom in Urdu, what be..

wait look for lactometer? that goes from 1.000 to at least 1.060? i see all kinds of lacto hydros on daraz!

most them look like they only go to 1.040, but that would still be useful for a lot of brews.....

edit: and especially perfectly fine if not prefered for final gravity readings, if that's the only reason you don't like refracs?

https://brainly.in/question/1648923

 

[bracconiere]

https://brainly.in/question/1648923

principles are the same...density's of a solution? it's just a lactometer only goes to 1.040, and a lot of beers start at 1.050+....but all end around 1.010?


but if you can get one for cream maybe? but fat has a lower density then water, even though thicker...which is why hydros come in handy.....

 

[bracconiere]

to sum this up for you, here's a couple pics of my hydro....it's a plain form one, so no looking fancy, because that's the way i like it....

no fancy brix, cheat sheet for ABV, baum, what the hell else they try as gimmicks...all i want to know is how thick it is!


the only difference is mine goes from 1.000 to 1.100, and bit below 1.000....on one side it goes by 10's the other 1.001's....


edit: and honestly when i did my experiment with salt compared to sugar, i learned something new from participating in this thread, salt has a higher density then sugar! i thank you for that still! always amazes me stuff like that, because you wouldn't think a hydro would float in water higher then oil, and higher in salt water then a syrup! but it's all density. you need to know the density to use one of to figure how much there is in it....same measurement just different molecules your trying to get a measurment for....

 

[bracconiere]

and for reference, i have another hydro that goes to 1.220....but you can see the reading on it is pretty much the same, just not as precsise....

it'll still work for brewing but being i shoot for 1.060 with all my beers, i prefer the 1.001 prescion of the 1.000-1.100 one.....


but honestly, a aquarium one that goes from 1.000 to 1.060 would be just fine for me.....

 

[bracconiere]

whoa i learned something new again check this thing out....it's fancy, and i only looked into how to use it..but?

https://www.daraz.pk/products/sg-50...0e.searchlist.list.79.582ec8b5ZV74i8&search=1
i'll give it a maybe ? i think you weigh it before and after the pipet sucks stuff up or something? kinda like a vintometer? but should work even if it's not dry, maybe?

 

[Bad DNA]

If you haven't used a hydrometer before, there are a few things you should know. Hydrometers are calibrated at a set temp, typically 60 or 68 degrees. You should cool your wort to the calibration temp when taking readings or use an online calculator to do the temperature correction. The calibration temp is usually printed on the hydrometer somewhere.

https://www.brewersfriend.com/hydrometer-temp/
Another thing is they're pretty fragile. Make sure you have enough liquid in your test jar so the hydrometer doesn't bottom out and break. If you break a hydrometer and you probably will, there's a post for that.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/official-broken-hydrometer-count.148083/

I didn't see mentioned, but inexpensive hydrometers are often not calibrated precisely, or the paper gauge within may shift if the hydrometer is dropped and not broken. This usually isn't a big deal, as we are measuring the relative difference between starting SG and ending. If we were being scientifically accurate, we'd 'calibrate' by testing in pure distilled water at the proper temp (60F on mine) to determine the offset. E.g., if your reading in pure d. H2O is 0.996 instead of 1.000 at the bottom of the meniscus, then you'd add 0.004 to each reading taken with the device. A bit persnickety for us, perhaps, but better science.

Oh -- and it may not be obvious, but if you work up your wort in a kettle and transfer it to your fermenter, then to add in make-up water to get to 5 gallons or 19L or whatever, do be sure to stir very well before taking your starting wort sample for S.G. Without proper mixing, the higher-density sugar-laden wort is in the lower portion of the fermenter while the fresh make-up water is in the top section where you'll likely sample, giving you an artificially low starting S.G.

Use sterile technique and equipment where ever possible.

 

[bracconiere]

well @BrewingWisdom i got that aquarium salinity one today....and i can say it works just fine, but is really TINY! definatly need the 2 pack because you're going to become a member of the broken hydro thread FOR SURE!

but like i said it goes to 1.060 so good enough for most beers....

i tried it in both plain water, and with an ounce of sugar in the cyilinder....read the same as my big one...

 

[bracconiere]

and for more confirmation to save your rupees yourself, i just spent the cost of the 2 pack on sugar to take two more pictures....just to prove it's acurate at 1.060 too....


still small though

and here be the young lad....i know you have to count the marks because my camera can't make out the digits, it's so small...but you can see in the same 1.060 sugar solution...it be floating 'about the same'....

the green bar is just the fish tank equivelant of the ABV thing on a triple scale....the SG is all that matters really....


edit: and i feel vindicated! i'm not as stupid as people tell me i am! not sure if other people have that problem.....but it makes me self conscious...



edit: damn it it's bed time, and talking about...well having a shoulder bump, with the bros..reminded me this damn thing has a zoom feature....but you can tell from the zoomed pic, about maybe 1.058 reading...instead of the solid 1.060 on the big one....i don't think that'd really be critical though....i never can tell one point from another on the triple scales the go to 160!

 

[wsmith1625]

The benefit of a smaller hydrometer could be smaller sample sizes if you have an equally small test tube. Just make sure you put your reading glasses on.