sippyCUP
New Member
I bought a small brewing kit which naturally comes with a hydrometer. The instructions advocated using a thief to put the fermenting wort in a jar to test with the hydrometer, but I've seen people put the (sanitized) hydrometer straight in the frementing bucket, which would a lot easier for me and save me a jar's worth of wort. Is there any reason I shouldn't do this?