Official Broken Hydrometer Count

[MarshmallowBlue]

2034,

rolled off a box after 3 years of valiant service.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Serious post? Or trolling?

Yes.

Have had the same hydrometer for nearly a decade. Have had a few therms fail but have never broken one.

 

[brewprint]

2035

 

[brewer20D]

2 last year and 1 so far 2015

 

[BamaPhil]

2039.

Dropped mine yesterday.

 

[zfhzxfgh]

Does it count if the SWMBO breaks it?

 

[dbark]

Yup 2041

 

[Zzyzx3]

2042.

It took 2 years, but it finally happened.

 

[user 30639]

2043.

After 6 years of brewing, broke my first one. Slipped out of my hand.

 

[spunxter]

2044

3 months into brewing, dont know how it happened.

 

[Ole_Smoky]

2045

Also 3 months into brewing, pushed a tray full of sanitizer off the counter with my primary bucket, poor hydrometer was in there to, the broken hydrometer was the least of my concerns though..

 

[rrhoads]

3 in a couple years. Including the 1 on my last batch.

 

[Lit]

2049

 

[DaNewf]

2050

Dropped it as I was drying it off to put away after cleaning. Dang!

This was on 2015-04-06.

 

[Kee]

2051

I left the hydrometer in the full hydrometer tube (on top of the kegerator) after brewing today in the garage. We set up the ping pong table and only a few shots in my wife blades one, dead centers the hydrometer stem, it breaks in half without disturbing the wort or the tube. I was impressed.

 

[Jayship]

2054


Broke 3 of 'em brewing 2 batches. Yes, I'm that clumsy. Currently standing at 1.5 hydrometers/batch. not the best statistic one could brag about.

 

[fimpster]

2055

Well damn, add me to the list. First broken one in 15 years of brewing.

 

[jmward21]

2056, me too. I don't know how it broke but I found it in 2 pieces.

 

[cannman]

2057

Broke one last night making a Sierra Nevada clone. Dropped it into my bucket of sanitizer.... but it hit some other equipment hiding near the top...

Someone share the stock ticker for hydrometer commodities...

 

[Murphys_Law]

2058!

It was 4 weeks old. RIP!

 

[Sailingeric]

2059. Broke while moving. Oh well hardly ever used it.

 

[biochemedic]

I just wanted to say...it has struck me that since I've bought a second one to have in backup, I haven't broken one! I know, I've probably jinxed myself, but it may be that having a spare is some sort of non-hydrometer-breakage-juju!

 

[phug]

It means Murphy knows he has to work extra hard to screw up your brew day. If it's only a minor inconvenience, then it's not worth Murphy's time

 

[Minky]

Believe it or not, I am still using the same hydrometer since 1982!

 

[crocks86]

2061, I broke one on each of my last two brews. First one lasted 3 years, second about 3 days

 

[podz]

It means Murphy knows he has to work extra hard to screw up your brew day. If it's only a minor inconvenience, then it's not worth Murphy's time

Lack of a hydrometer won't screw up your brew day; the beer will turn out the same with or without one.

 

[IXVolt]

I've had the same hydro for 10 years. Still in one piece.
However if it broke I wouldn't be too sad, it's slightly out of calibration now.

 

[BGBC]

I've had the same hydro for 10 years. Still in one piece.
However if it broke I wouldn't be too sad, it's slightly out of calibration now.

And now it won't last through your next brew day.

 

[charliethebum]

+1. Don't drop your hydrometer in the sample tube dry, leaves an interesting hole in the bottom of the tube and a large crack in the hydrometer. That brings us to 2060?

 

[SupervisingChildren]

+1. Don't drop your hydrometer in the sample tube dry, leaves an interesting hole in the bottom of the tube and a large crack in the hydrometer. That brings us to 2060?

Nope, 2062.

I haven't broken one in a while, but one magically disappeared. I guess it's time to buy another backup.

 

[BrewSRQ]

2063, broke coming off the moving truck, auto siphon grabbed the handle and threw the hydrometer out of the bucket.

 

[HB_in_Subic]

+1 = 2064 Did the drop into a dry tube bit and cracked it. Put some aquarium silicone on it, calibrated it with distilled water and the very next day it slipped out of my hands and completely shattered.

No spare, so ordered two. Now I have 2 in hand and use one every day for my mango wines.

 

[brewkinger]

2065..
This one was a mystery as it was in the case on top of the refrigerator. Either one of the cats or kids and neither is confessiong.

 

[SnakeRidge]

2066. First broken hydrometer in 17 years of brewing. I've thrown them away and given them away but never broken one. I feel like part of the club now.

 

[Kee]

The other day I dropped my hydrometer into the sample tube a little hard (and the sample was thin, below 1.000). The hydrometer was unscathed, but the glass sample tube shattered.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Almost added one to the list earlier tonight. It tried to commit suicide off my brewing supply table but I somehow managed to grab the tube as it shot off the table, towards the concrete floor. Whew!

 

[Flakk]

2067, hit the bottom of the sink while rinsing it off.

 

[feinbera]

2068, slid down the drain in my kitchen sink, must've hit one of the garbage disposal blades just right.

Rest in pieces, you wily sunnavabitch...

 

[Wldthang87]

2068 + 2 = 2070 ! ......don't ask how I managed to break 2! This is why there's a back up to the back up, with another back up...... Plus a refractometer ...... But it still perfer using a hydrometer. Just not comfortable reading a refractometer yet.

 

[MaddBaggins]

After 18 years my original hydrometer broke. Dropped it in the sink. RIP

I blame you guys. I've check this thread many times and finally decided to buy a backup hydrometer. The next week, bam! Broke the old one.

2071