Ok, Recently I have been measuring gravity of the meads I am making, to be more scientific. At first, I would use just a wine bottle, but in fear of breaking my hydrometer, I decided to buy a long skinny measuring tube.
But, in fear of oxidizing my mead, I have been using my racking cane and tubing to rack into the sampling tube (only mead not must, for the must I just pour it in).
Do I have to be that careful, for it does take me a lot longer to clean the cane and tubing, in order to rack into the sampling container.. Now that I think about it, I just pour it back into the mead when done anyhow, so is it really worth me using racking equipment, to take a sample??
I just want to do it right, so I do not ruin my mead while sampling it during fermentation.
Thanks,
But, in fear of oxidizing my mead, I have been using my racking cane and tubing to rack into the sampling tube (only mead not must, for the must I just pour it in).
Do I have to be that careful, for it does take me a lot longer to clean the cane and tubing, in order to rack into the sampling container.. Now that I think about it, I just pour it back into the mead when done anyhow, so is it really worth me using racking equipment, to take a sample??
I just want to do it right, so I do not ruin my mead while sampling it during fermentation.
Thanks,