DrewskiDT28
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So I just brewed my first batch ever the other day and I have a very basic question that seems to be missing from my instructions: Once the bubbles from fermentation start to fade, how exactly do I use my hydrometer? Everything I've read says to specifically NOT open the carboy and subject the beer to oxygen, but how else am I supposed to get a measurement?
Do I simply unplug the top and drop the hydrometer in? Use my bottle filler to syphon some into a separate container? Or is there another more common method I'm not thinking of? I'd hate to ruin my first batch thinking fermentation is done early.
For future reference, what's the harm in just dropping my hydrometer into the wort when I first transfer it into the carboy and monitoring it as the days go by?
Thanks,
D
Do I simply unplug the top and drop the hydrometer in? Use my bottle filler to syphon some into a separate container? Or is there another more common method I'm not thinking of? I'd hate to ruin my first batch thinking fermentation is done early.
For future reference, what's the harm in just dropping my hydrometer into the wort when I first transfer it into the carboy and monitoring it as the days go by?
Thanks,
D
