Snapped Hydrometer

[wanus]

Hello all.I`ve just set a wilkos stout kit away and when I went for my hydrometer to take a SG reading it was snapped in half.(Ditch if your readin this I know this will please you).Anyway what I want to know is,will the brew in my trial jar be ok for several hours until I can get into town for a new hydrometer so I can then take a reading

[Jim]

Hello all.I`ve just set a wilkos stout kit away and when I went for my hydrometer to take a SG reading it was snapped in half.(Ditch if your readin this I know this will please you).Anyway what I want to know is,will the brew in my trial jar be ok for several hours until I can get into town for a new hydrometer so I can then take a reading

It might be OK, but I would just chuck it away once you've taken the reading. Putting it back in the main brew is just asking for trouble, and is it worth it for the sake of about 1/4 pint of beer?

[wanus]

Thanx Jim,i never pour it back in, wot i meant was will it just be ok for a readin after several hours in the trial jar.I had already poured it into the trial jar b4 i discovered the snapped hydrometer.I`m goin down into Bishop Auckland now for a new one as its stopped raining.

[Manngold]

I am pretty sure you will be fine Wanus. As long as you didn't add the yeast to the FV, then the hydrometer will still measure the density of the liquid. Even if you did add the yeast, I doube 2 - 3 hours would have a huge effect.

[wanus]

Thanx Manngold.I gotta readin 3 hours later and it was where i thought it would be for 20l of stout weighing in at 1.044.

[Manngold]

Sounds good fella. I saw in the other thread that you had hopped your previous with fuggles, how did it turn out. I wouldn't know where to start with hopping a stout!

[wanus]

Its gettin better with time MG.As the weeks go by it tastes maltier n slighty sweeter with a nice bitter finish.I read somewhere on ere that fuggles goes well in stouts so tried it.As i`m fairly new to this game i think trying things is wot its all about.I now know a few things that work n a few things that don`t

[far9410]

Years ago I had a boots plastic one, coopers do one , but only if you buy the starter kit. While over in oz I tried to get one from their shop, but no luck

[wanus]

I`ll keep an eye open for a plastic one, for now i might getta spare and maybe a spares spare.Either will save me another unnecessary trip into town.