noob $7 tip of the day

[stargate_to_Earth]

Don't get the excess liquid off your Hydrometer by shaking it holding on to the thin end...

 

[Gduck]

Don't get the excess liquid off your Hydrometer by shaking it holding on to the thin end...

Thanks for making my day with that image! Ouch, that must have really sucked when it happened.

 

[IrregularPulse]

haha, you mean that thin long tube of glass couldn't handle the stress of the weighted opposite end being flung around? .

 

[beergolf]

oops......

I can just picture the results.

 

[Homercidal]

I've had the same hydrometer since 1991. #WINNING

 

[emjay]

I have one of those hydrometers meant specifically for measuring final gravity. Really fat on the bottom, and insanely thin on top, I think it would probably snap just by trying to hold it horizontally by the thin part

 

[BamaRooster]

priceless....I'm surprised that has not happened to me!

 

[unionrdr]

That's how I broke my first one. Shook it too hard too many times! Good thing I bought a spare with my brew kit.

 

[Homercidal]

Rinse. Dry gently. Put back in the plastic tube it came in.

 

[jangelj]

also, don't set the hydrometer in the sink with the weighted end near the drain/disposal. if it falls in and hits the blade bad things happen.

 

[helibrewer]

After I broke my first one I switched to a refractometer and never looked back.

 

[mux]

Nice!

 

[wildwest450]

We're gonna need $6.50 back for that tip.


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