How to use a hydrometer #winemaking #homebrew #fermentation #foodscience #hydrometer

[Krissco]

Home brewer here. Although it hurts to “waste” what you’ve taken out for testing, I recommend not pouring it back in the carboy. Doing so introduces oxygen (splashing) and can potential contaminants. Drink it or use it for cooking. Nice short and cheers! 🍷

[carsongiles]

One of the first things you learn in chemistry class is to never pour back into the container.

[itsmayo]

i love it when i cant learn anything about chemistry at school but can learn through the comment section easily

[SpiralPowerGaming]

Lady. Don't put the testing wine back in.

Watch your clip back and ask yourself if at any point you accidentally introduced bacteria into your wine.

Because there's a point where you started a siphon WITH YOUR MOUTH. Stuck that into your test tube, and then poured it all back into your finished wine.

This is how you end up introducing things to your wine that cause it to turn to vinegar or go off.

Just consider whatever you take out for testing as a loss and drink it then, or use it for other things, or dump it.
But don't put it back in.

[fathercadi]

Don't let this girl near your gas tank. Her siphon skill is maxed out.

[TheSnaqShaq]

You know, as someone who grew up with an uncle who makes his own beer, it HURT to see her poor the sample wine back. Especially since you siphoned it with your MOUTH (FULL OF NATURALLY OCCURING BACTERIA). That gonna turn sour or into vinegar real quick.

[criticalgay]

Don't use your mouth just use one sample retriever straws they're $5

[lipokakum]

I’m not a wine expert but I had a feeling that pouring it back in wasn’t the best idea

[alexabney]

I dropped one of those 6 gallon carboys on my foot once and my step dad said “ good job saving it with your foot” instead of “are your toes okay?”

[SlackerU]

If your sample is so tiny then just use a long straw or PVC tube where you seal off the top to hold in the fluid. That tube idea where you use your mouth & then poor the liquid back into the container is excessively contaminating.

[ciaramc]

Aww this reminds me of my mother making wine at home.

[joshuanicely]

Around 25 years ago my best friend taught me how to make wine about a year before we were in an accident and he was killed. It took me about a year to be 'me' again (severe head trauma) and i started fermenting again. He taught me using juice but being in East Tennessee blackberries are plentiful so i would make about 15/20 gallons of it when they were in season. It was always super good and always made me happy to share. I had my own labels i designed too! Wine making isn't hard and it is not expensive at all. I mean....you can spend as much as you want but for a little of nothing you can make your own and learn. Try it out!!

[zyourzgrandzmaz]

"sample a bit of the wine"

*Syphons like 700ml* 😂

[wennykelley]

My dad tried to make wine a hundred years ago and it turned out to b the best salad dressin g u could have had so it still wasn't wasted.

[Neals_]

Dude my great aunt owns a winery and vineyard, please don’t pour the wine you tested back into the original wine. It can introduce bacteria, it’s one of the main things you learn in science class in middle school and high school

[chimkencoop]

cool ! my dad’s a homebrewer and i always see him working on a different type of beer x3 i’m happy this came up on my fyp !

[skyebme]

I don’t drink wine, I have no plans to make it….but I could watch eight hours of this.

[emmyissloth]

As a cellar hand at a winery this is so funky to see and understand what you’re doing

[brianrosado]

I've recently learned about hydrometers in my class. So this is cool!

[_fantomas]

Girl please don’t siphon it w/ your mouth and then pour it back 😩