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Beer Brewer making the hop to wine!
Do you do this for you Hydrometer readings as well? You just pour some in to a bowl to sample and to take a reading while your transfering to secondary? I would think that just pouring some in my hydrometer test tube take a reading while transfering would be ok. Seeing that you have to clean the thief before use makes it a hazerd as much as a help hu.
Doolee wrote:
Do you do this for you Hydrometer readings as well? You just pour some in to a bowl to sample and to take a reading while your transfering to secondary? I would think that just pouring some in my hydrometer test tube take a reading while transfering would be ok. Seeing that you have to clean the thief before use makes it a hazerd as much as a help hu.
Yep. Actually it's a glass 1 pt measuring cup but I only pour enough for the hydrometer reading. then I taste it after the reading and either drink it all or dump the sample. never put samples back into beer or wine. The carboys and buckets can get heavy when full so if that's an issue a thief is a good option.
Note: I use glass carboys for all my fermetations, primary and secondary so a wine thief wouldn't get much of a sample due to the air space in carboy. but with a bucket it would work fine. just pointing out why I pour. I could use the syphon tube to get sample but pouring saves the hassle of having to sanitize just the tube and when I pour I put the airlock in a small glass bowl with some vodka in it to keep rubber cork sanitized during pour, then just put airlock back on carboy. I also use vodka in the airlocks, not water or sanitizer.
DC
Just and update i got my book in a few days ago. Man is it a wealth of winemaking knowhow. Its such a great read that i found my self engrossed in it. But it breaks down each ingriedent and additive to terms a Capuchin Monkey (ie ...ME...) can follow and understand. GREAT BOOK for beginner winemakers. But i got my kit in today its now sitting on my front porch my wife informed me that its 2 boxes one is 28lbs and the other is 56lbs she tryed to move them inside and said that she could not move them. Oh yeah not long after i got that news it started to rain and hailing soaking the boxes still on my front porch that my wife fail to tell me were here. I work night shift if you noticed all my posts are Late pm or early am. So i hope all the stuff in there is still good. Should be. Well enough of my rant and babble LET MAKE SOME WINE!!
I will let you know how my wine turns out
Dave
Glad to hear you got your stuff. everything should be fine. you're gonna like that book. I've made several recipes from it and they are very good. first one I made from the book was apple wine made from frozen apple concentrate. People loved it.
DC
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