Tilt hydrometer SG

[augiedoggy]

Is your hydrometer calculated? After calibrating my tilt I thought it was off because my hydrometer read 6 points lower than my tilt BUT when I tested my hydrometer (in distilled water which should read 1.000) it turned out my tilt was actually correct and my hydrometer had not been

hydrometer is correct, we also use a refractometer in the brerwery. right now its saying the belgian strong ale is at 1.003 which is way lower than the hydrometer measured post fermentation as well but not the same .011 off. before I calibrated I used the default calibration which also fluctuated between .998 and 1.000 in water when I tested it, on another beer and it was reading too low there as well. I will try the multipoint calibration. I want to get 3 more of these for the brewpub but not if they are going to be so off.

 

[TNJake]

hydrometer is correct, we also use a refractometer in the brerwery. right now its saying the belgian strong ale is at 1.003 which is way lower than the hydrometer measured post fermentation as well but not the same .011 off. before I calibrated I used the default calibration which also fluctuated between .998 and 1.000 in water when I tested it, on another beer and it was reading too low there as well. I will try the multipoint calibration. I want to get 3 more of these for the brewpub but not if they are going to be so off.

have you tried contacting tilt? maybe you got a dud

 

[Alex4mula]

Mine is kind of consistently 5-6 points off low. But I haven't calibrated it. I just track fermentation progress and temperature behavior.

 

[Weaves]

hydrometer is correct, we also use a refractometer in the brerwery. right now its saying the belgian strong ale is at 1.003 which is way lower than the hydrometer measured post fermentation as well but not the same .011 off. before I calibrated I used the default calibration which also fluctuated between .998 and 1.000 in water when I tested it, on another beer and it was reading too low there as well. I will try the multipoint calibration. I want to get 3 more of these for the brewpub but not if they are going to be so off.

Have you checked the tilt for funk sticking to it? My last batch was 3 points off due to some build up, I removed, cleaned and sanitized it then put it back in before bottling and it went up 3 points

 

[oakbarn]

You can use an ESP32 and BruControl.

 

[murphyslaw]

Has anyone used one of these with a floating dip tube? I'm wondering if it would interfere with the Tilt readings.

 

[JoeMamasIPA]

Hate to revive a year old thread, but to answer the question I have not seen where the floating dip tube interferes with the Tilt.

 

[JoeMamasIPA]

Here's my IPA that I think finally bottomed out today. I now know that hops contain enzymes so I waited a lot of extra days after dry hopping to ensure gravity is totally steady before bottling.

Also.... wort stratification is very real! When topping up the fermenter with water after the boil, simple swirling will NOT blend the water and wort together. Fortunately, yeast activity mixes it up really well after about 16 hours.

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Also kind of wondering why this guy takes his shirt off to dry hop (view attachment)? Is it a Greek wrestling match to get the hops in there or what?

 

[dmtaylor]

Also kind of wondering why this guy takes his shirt off to dry hop (view attachment)? Is it a Greek wrestling match to get the hops in there or what?

Wet t-shirts can cool the yeast’s nipples as well as anyone else’s.