Reading my Hydrometer - too many bubbles!

[theseeker4]

But you're OK with drinking ethyl alcohol, isoamyl acetate, diacetyl, dimethyl sulfate, acetaldehyde, saccharomyces cerevisiae, and other compounds?

Just because a word is long doesn't mean it's bad!

Personally, I am most worried about too much dihydrogen monoxide in my beer... No session ales for me!

 

[AZCoolerBrewer]

But you're OK with drinking ethyl alcohol, isoamyl acetate, diacetyl, dimethyl sulfate, acetaldehyde, saccharomyces cerevisiae, and other compounds?

Just because a word is long doesn't mean it's bad!

I don't think DDBSA is going to kill me, but it is a surfactant like shampoo or dishwashing liquid or laundry detergent great for what we use it for (cleaning/sanatizing). Not really something I want in my beer though. That's why I follow the instructions on the bottle and let it air dry before I use my brewing equipment.

All those other chemicals you mention people have been eating since before we knew the name of them, except that the collective of them is "beer". Especially the ethyl alcohol, I mean most people don't go to all this trouble to make wort.

Dihydrogen oxide on the other hand, yuck, people all over the world are dying from that stuff. I think that's why they invented beer in the first place.

Disclaimer: I'm really not trying to start any funny business here. I am on the fence about this since everyone including crazy sanitation guy is soaking everything with a Starsan spray bottle. As a new brewer, I am trying to find my way through the woods without just nodding and following the crowd. I believe my position is based on reason, but if someone can convince me based on solid data, I am open to it. I considered starting a thread somewhere else and will if others think the conversation is valid, but don't want to be a troublemaker.

 

[IslandLizard]

^ So if you let the Starsan dry on the equipment, where do you think the "DDBSA" went?

<sigh>

 

[ifnotuthenwho]

I don't think DDBSA is going to kill me, but it is a surfactant like shampoo or dishwashing liquid or laundry detergent great for what we use it for (cleaning/sanatizing). Not really something I want in my beer though. That's why I follow the instructions on the bottle and let it air dry before I use my brewing equipment.

All those other chemicals you mention people have been eating since before we knew the name of them, except that the collective of them is "beer". Especially the ethyl alcohol, I mean most people don't go to all this trouble to make wort.

Dihydrogen oxide on the other hand, yuck, people all over the world are dying from that stuff. I think that's why they invented beer in the first place.

Disclaimer: I'm really not trying to start any funny business here. I am on the fence about this since everyone including crazy sanitation guy is soaking everything with a Starsan spray bottle. As a new brewer, I am trying to find my way through the woods without just nodding and following the crowd. I believe my position is based on reason, but if someone can convince me based on solid data, I am open to it. I considered starting a thread somewhere else and will if others think the conversation is valid, but don't want to be a troublemaker.

Sanitation is very important, I certainly would not tell you otherwise. But I think, as typical with Internet sites, people take it to extremes when talking about it. Should you have your thief sanitized before you put it in your beer? Yes. Do you have to remove it from the sanitizer and make absolutely certain it doesn't come in contact with anything else, and shouldn't be out of the sanitizer for more that 15 seconds? Well no. (Yes that is hyperbole, but you get the idea.)

The main point is keep things clean and yes sanitized. But sanitation is not hard, just use common sense.

 

[deanoaz]

Let it sit or maybe blow on it until they disappear.

I was taught many years ago to spin the hydrometer as you put it into the liquid and that helps remove bubbles from it and makes reading easier.