I've transferred my beer a week ago to it's secondary fermentation vessel. I't s a 30L glass carboy, so no tap in the bottom. I was initially worried that the fermentation had stuck, but doing a little reading around the boards I'd discovered that I shouldn't be too worried about the little activity occurring in the airlock. And occasionally I see the airlock water level moving back down after releasing some CO2, so I'm pretty confident about leaving it be.
However, it's been a week, and I'd like to get a reading. I'm just trying to fathom how to take one without dropping the hydrometer straight into the carboy and then trying to fish it out with chopsticks or the like. The thought that I had was to get my siphoning hose and to dip a little bit in and close my thumb over the end to pick up enough beer to take a reading off. Unless someone knows a better way to take a reading? I appreciate your help lads.
However, it's been a week, and I'd like to get a reading. I'm just trying to fathom how to take one without dropping the hydrometer straight into the carboy and then trying to fish it out with chopsticks or the like. The thought that I had was to get my siphoning hose and to dip a little bit in and close my thumb over the end to pick up enough beer to take a reading off. Unless someone knows a better way to take a reading? I appreciate your help lads.