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06-15-2012, 01:28 PM
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Larva
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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When you pull off sample for hydrometer - I assume your pour it back in to jug?
I am planning on taking my first gravity reading post fermentation start (due to the fact that I broke my hydrometer two days ago). I have a turkey baster do draw the sample and then I assume just pour it back in? Provided the turkey baster is sanitized as it the hydrometer and glass for must?
Thanks!
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06-15-2012, 01:30 PM
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Virgin Queen
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That's how I do it as long as I sanitized everything, sometimes I say screw sanitizing the hydrometer and test tube and I taste test my sample 
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06-15-2012, 01:36 PM
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Larva
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I do the same as TAKeyser. Sometimes temptation is just too big and I have to taste the sample. 
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06-15-2012, 01:41 PM
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Verbose Intermeadiot
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For anything bigger than 1-gal batches I like to drop my hydrometer right inside my wine thief (all sanitized, of course), pull up a sample, take my reading, then let the must back out again. I've never had a batch fail that I could attribute to that... Then I taste the drips that I catch in my hand while transferring the thief to the sink for cleaning
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06-15-2012, 02:12 PM
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Larva
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Well, I figure since I am still doing one gallon batches, it takes about 6-8 oz of must to get a sample and that is a large percentage of the overall volume.
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06-15-2012, 02:16 PM
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Virgin Queen
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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As long as everything is sanitized it is safe to dump it back in.
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06-15-2012, 02:34 PM
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NewBee
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scottv
Well, I figure since I am still doing one gallon batches, it takes about 6-8 oz of must to get a sample and that is a large percentage of the overall volume.
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While this is true, I still recommend tasting the sample. It's a good way to appreciate how the tastes intermingle and mellow with age.
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