Measuring gravity of slurry

[nakeddog]

Sorry if this topic has been discussed, but my googlefu is failing, and well I just finished a double brew and am too tired to try 100 different searches.

I did my brew, but had problems with my hydrometer so just put my wort into the fermenter an pitched my yeast onto it. However at the end I realized I had enough leftover in my kettle to try a reading. However I couldn't get a clean enough pull from it, so I ended up measuring mostly the slurry left over on the bottom. How accurate was this? Or should I just steal some from the carboy and do a proper reading?

Thanks.

 

[CaptChet]

That slurry mixture will give you a high reading due to the "Heavier" nature of the slurry/wort mix. Clean and sanitize a thief or good ole' turkey baster and take a sample if you are worried.

 

[Malintent]

If you allow the slurry to settle for a few hours in the test tube you can measure the clarified wort