Never a taking readings , been homebrewing since'95-96

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Or advise them to buy some type of kit and figure it out .. But really that's not what sharing a hobby is about..is it not Cool to wrench on something with the kids or the wife.. yes they do it differently..nano this or nano that...

 

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This year wife made cherry wine. First time sharing the hobby..the doctor in her loved it... funny

 

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Could not see squat in the white buckets.Once i transferred the must ..she totally understood the phases of the fermentation...I was really surprised the doctor did not need to take any readings.. yes I was the hover brewer ... thanks

 

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Light in bucket. Btw this was a good thing in disguise. That bucket has a crack in it! When I cleaned it, I wonder if hot cold, cracked it. Anyways can see well enough. Damn, imagine dumping 5g in a cracked feementer.

 

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Light in bucket. Btw this was a good thing in disguise. That bucket has a crack in it! When I cleaned it, I wonder if hot cold, cracked it. Anyways can see well enough. Damn, imagine dumping 5g in a cracked feementer.View attachment 600488

So you are learning to read the fermentation bucket..This one reads time to move on ..Thermal shock is really bad in glass carboys....are you saying that you did this recently....ferment in a keg .any type..i am really liking the keg,,ferment,transfer ,yeast harvest,serve,Down side it 115lb to move around ...oh yeah you can take readings ,,hook up picnic tap and pull sample for this Beer Troll