CraigC
Well-Known Member
I'm totally new to brewing. I've consumed my fair share of beer, so I figured I'd try my hand at making it. Right now I've got my first batch in the fermenter, and I have a question about using my hydrometer. When I take a sample from the fermenter I obviously sanitize my sampler first, but then I have 2 options. Can I also sanitize my cylinder and hydrometer and then put the beer back into the fermenter when I am done, or do I consider the beer that goes into the hydrometer to be beer sacrificed in the name of brewing? I know that in moving the beer back to the fermenter you are introducing another step where contamination can happen. I am interested in the proper procedure.