Very weak ale!

[bracconiere]

No, just a modest hydrometer.

what temp did you take the reading at? a reading of 1.051 on a hydro at say 150-160f
would be more like 1.070...

Right, no clearly I didn't understand that about temperature control. I just thought boiling the grain for a specified amount of time was enough. Will have a read of that. Thanks!

reminds me when i tried brewing with unmalted rye berries when i was kid, first getting into this! have fun with the learning! it's a great life hack to know brewing!

 

[hotbeer]

what temp did you take the reading at? a reading of 1.051 on a hydro at say 150-160f
would be more like 1.070...

Do people actually take hydrometer readings in wort that hot?

I thought that stuff holding the weights and sometimes other things in the hydrometer is wax. That high a temp will melt it and if you lay your hydrometer at an angle or on it's side right after taking a reading, then you've just messed up your hydrometer!

I don't take readings very often after the mash or boil unless I've cooled the sample below 80°F where the error won't be enough to make a big deal. Usually my OG taken just before pitch after all is cooled to 68°F is my first SG reading.

 

[bracconiere]

Do people actually take hydrometer readings in wort that hot?

I thought that stuff holding the weights and sometimes other things in the hydrometer is wax. That high a temp will melt it and if you lay your hydrometer at an angle or on it's side right after taking a reading, then you've just messed up your hydrometer!

i do it all the time? (edit:: for correctness "!"...lol ) to get my preboil gravity? never melted my hydros?

 

[hotbeer]

i do it all the time? to get my preboil gravity? never melted my hydros?

Maybe it's not wax in there then. Or at least it's not in yours.

Still, I haven't had anything I've needed to know when when wort is that hot that I can't easily let the sample cool in a room temp or cooler heavy sided kitchen sauce pan.

 

[hotbeer]

i do it all the time?

You aren't sure?

(the question mark you put on that statement)

 

[bracconiere]

Maybe it's not wax in there then. Or at least it's not in yours.

Still, I haven't had anything I've needed to know when when wort is that hot that I can't easily let the sample cool in a room temp or cooler heavy sided kitchen sauce pan.

i've had many, and it wouldn't mater if it melted, a hydrometer is an extact weight, with an exact volume...that's how it measure density. at least that's my belief?

and i drop a hydro in first runnings of my mash too! i don't really do a temp correction on that though, just keep mashing till it stops going up, like a fermentation FG not going down anymore...

 

[bracconiere]

You aren't sure?

(the question mark you put on that statement)

i was wondering if i'm being stupid....i get put in my place enough around here....

 

[hotbeer]

i've had many, and it wouldn't mater if it melted, a hydrometer is an extact weight, with an exact volume...that's how it measure density. at least that's my belief?

Sure it won't be an issue if you keep the hydrometer vertical and it cools to solidify the wax. However if laid on it's side or a large enough angle as in my statement, and the weights and wax cool on one side of the bulb, then the hydrometer may not float as perfectly vertical as it should in liquid.

And that will affect what you read on the scale and maybe how low it floats as all the weight will no longer be over the bulb.

 

[DBhomebrew]

https://brewingamerica.com/products...cific-gravity-pro-series-brewing-triple-scale

 

[bracconiere]

Sure it won't be an issue if you keep the hydrometer vertical and it cools to solidify the wax. However if laid on it's side or a large enough angle as in my statement, and the weights and wax cool on one side of the bulb, then the hydrometer may not float as perfectly vertical as it should in liquid.

And that will affect what you read on the scale and maybe how low it floats as all the weight will no longer be over the bulb.

i always lay it on it's side, very carfully, as to not have to add another casualty to the broken hydro thread....

 

[bracconiere]

https://brewingamerica.com/products...cific-gravity-pro-series-brewing-triple-scale

I just ordered one! wanted that for a LONG time! Thanks!

 

[Gerry Nobody]

what temp did you take the reading at? a reading of 1.051 on a hydro at say 150-160f
would be more like 1.070...


reminds me when i tried brewing with unmalted rye berries when i was kid, first getting into this! have fun with the learning! it's a great life hack to know brewing!

Temp was around 30c.

 

[bracconiere]

Temp was around 30c.

ok, then it should have been just 2, or 3 points higher. not a problem really, thought i'd check.

i would add there is an enzyme you can add called glucoamylase, that drop the gravity down to ~1.000. if you're so inclined.