/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.16106748]

Are hydrometers a meme?

I only ever see them in the context of hipster grognard homebrewing. All they measure is "specific gravity" which isn't even a real term and is just density compared to clean water.

Why don't I just use a 20$ scale instead of these 1000$ pieces of shit that don't even give a real reading of any actual hard measurement?

[Anonymous No.16106779]

>>16106748
Actually they are about $10, they’re incredibly convenient, and you’re a moron.

[Anonymous No.16106785]

Already have a hydrometer and it's called muh dik

[Anonymous No.16106809]

>>16106748
So you know nothing about home brewing?

[Anonymous No.16106813]

What? They're like $10. Also they're useful because they can tell you if fermentation went to completion, or if the yeast died.

[Anonymous No.16106840]

>>16106813
>>16106779
The only one I've seen that cheap was at a thrift shop.

And what do they tell you that a weighing doesn't? "Specific Gravity" is just density for hipsters. (or if you take offense to that because you are a beardo soylad, all specific gravity is is density as compared to water)

[Anonymous No.16106848]

>>16106748
>20$ scale
how is a scale going to tell you the alcohol content, OP what ARE you talking about exactly?

[Anonymous No.16106857]

If you want to be an autistic retard better make sure that graduated cylinder is quantitative, maybe get the metrology department to do a PV every time you make a batch just to make sure what you're measuring out is actually the volume advertised on the side of the vessel.

[Anonymous No.16106865]

>>16106848
You're thicker than the OP, that's pretty impressive.
As he says, these things just measure relative density. You can do that with a scale if you know the volume and the mass of your vessel.
Obviously, a cheap handheld tool is significantly more convenient than keeping track of your vessel's weight, volumetric contents, and hauling your keg onto a scale now and then.

[Anonymous No.16106866]

>>16106748
Not sure if you are a retard or just a very good troll

[Anonymous No.16106873]

>>16106848
How do you think a hyrdometer actually works? You're exactly the kind of beardo soiboi I'm talking about, you don't even know what the tools do, you just CONSOOM at the Beer Kit Store

[Anonymous No.16106874]

Also a search on Amazon for hydrometers comes back with several dozen returns in the range of $10-$30

[Anonymous No.16106875]

>>16106865
who the fuck is going to do that? just to see the strength, fucking no one

[Anonymous No.16106878]

>>16106875
Well exactly, that's the answer to OP's question

[Anonymous No.16106879]

>>16106865
>You can do that with a scale if you know the volume and the mass of your vessel
Or you put the vessel, empty, on it first and smash that mf TARE button

>hauling your keg onto a scale
just pour a tiny bit out into a little cup. jesus christ you're a retard

[Anonymous No.16106884]

>>16106875
>I literally cannot conceive of the concept of taking a sample. I drink nothing but Richard & Mortimer IPA and Soylent

[Anonymous No.16106890]

>it is literally impossible to keep track of the volume of a liquid sample, the ONLY way to measure it is with a 1000$ hydrometer from IPALuvvers!!!

bruh

[Anonymous No.16106897]

>this CONFUSES and ANGERS the bugman

[Anonymous No.16106901]

I refuse to believe this is anything but a troll

[Anonymous No.16106909]

>this causes the IPA swiller to become OUT OF BOUnDS and DEAD

[Anonymous No.16106913]

>>16106890
>>16106897

>those graduations
Dios mio...el cerebro liso...

[Anonymous No.16106914]

>>16106848
>he thinks hydrometers magically measure alcohol content directly
Care to explain how it works?

[Anonymous No.16106927]

>>16106857
tare your scale, fill it with distilled water, and weigh it. ez pz

>>16106913
thats what happens when you shop on aliexpress

[Anonymous No.16106932]

>>16106865
>Obviously, a cheap handheld tool
bruh it's a two foot tall graduated cylinder and a delicate glass bob, that's not "handheld" compared to a modern digital scale you can buy at any head shop for measuring out weed on the street and fits neatly in a cargo pant pocket

[Anonymous No.16107009]

dangerous amounts of autism in this thread

[Anonymous No.16107101]

>>16107009
explain how a hydrometer works i fucking DARE you to even attempt it

[Anonymous No.16107704]

>>16106865
>>16106875
>weighing things is hard
holy shit lmao the absolute state of ipa-swilling piss drinkers

[Anonymous No.16107817]

A hydrometer costs 2 dollars and measures original gravity and specific gravity. Using that you can calculate the alcohol percent you are trying to make.
For original gravity a hydrometer has mostly been replaced by a refractometer. But a refractometer can't measure anything once fementation has started so you still need a hydrometer for your final gravity reading.
T. Homebrewer

[Anonymous No.16107934]

>>16107101
Buoyancy. Wow.

[Anonymous No.16107941]

>>16107934
BuT hOw dOeS iT mEaSuRe AlCoHoL CoNtEnT?

[Anonymous No.16108281]

>>16106748
It's only important if you care about knowing how much alcohol is in your home brew.

[Anonymous No.16108307]

>Industry standard
>But I saw some hipstersöycucks use it so I guess they are useless

[Anonymous No.16108384]

>>16108307
industry standard is actual chemical testing

[Anonymous No.16108390]

>>16106748
personally I prefer hygrometers

[Anonymous No.16108400]

>>16108384
They use refractometers

[Anonymous No.16108406]

>>16106748
As a home brewing faggot myself, hydrometers are excellent tools and are reasonably accurate enough for that purpose.

[Anonymous No.16108414]

What a weird and specific homebrew troll thread

[Anonymous No.16108443]

>>16106748
>1000$ pieces of shit
Dude hydrometers are cheap as fuck. Cheaper than a quality scale.

Now if you want to talk meme measuring instruments you should have a look at refractometers..

[Anonymous No.16108451]

>>16108400
despite the name, they are actually only fractometered once

[Anonymous No.16108468]

>>16108400
See my post above. A refractometer can't measure fuck all once it's got any alcohol content in it. So once fermentation starts it's useless.

[Anonymous No.16108490]

>>16108468
Yep, a refractometer was the dumbest purchase I made for brewing. You still need a hydrometer for FG, so you may as well use the hydrometer from the get-go. Plus the refractometer needs to be calibrated every time you use it.

[Anonymous No.16108531]

what are you, retarded? you need them to A: know when your shit is done, B what proof your booze is. Jesus Christ stop posting if you're this stupid.

[Anonymous No.16108562]

>>16108490
I want to get a Tilt have you seen them in action? They are just so expensive at the moment. Waiting for kegland to bring their clone to market soon.
It's a Bluetooth floating hydrometer

[Anonymous No.16108751]

>>16108443
>refractometers
never heard of it. I'm guessing it's either the beardo hipste retard equivalent of either a spectrometer or one of those IR LED and sensor hookups that straight up just measures opacity through a clear tube of liquid (which are like 10$ on digikey)

[Anonymous No.16108761]

>>16108751
also inb4
>IT MEASURES REFRACTION, IDIOT
hydrometers don't measure water. they measure density. hipster beardos always come up with dumb names for otherwise utterly mundane lab procedures that don't otherwise usually even deserve a specific name

[Anonymous No.16108843]

>>16108761
They measure the refractive index of your wort. You can derive the sugar concentration and OG from that.

[Anonymous No.16108868]

>>16108751
Yeah refractometer is a hipster thing. It was invented in the 19th century.

[Anonymous No.16109007]

>>16108843
>You can derive the sugar concentration and OG from that.
much like a hydrometer, you have to operate on a lot of >inferences
and in real industry factory producing beer/cider/wine/etc they're used more to gauge literal clarity and use that info to then gauge how well it's being filtered, not the alcohol content

and still
>10$ on digikey
>vs 1000$ from Brewmaster Josh's Hops Trapeze

[Anonymous No.16109064]

>>16106748
someone must have mentioned maple syrup by now. I'll confirm by clicking through to the thread and ctrl+fing after having made my prediction.

[Anonymous No.16109090]

>>16109064
You motherless cunts have failed me for the last time.
Fags.
Even if I did first start coming to /ck/ for the /hbg/. Or was that /diy/? Maybe both. This thread could go either way.

[Anonymous No.16109134]

>>16107941
Change in buoyancy

[Anonymous No.16109209]

>>16109064
for maple syrup you just need a good candy thermometer

>>16109090
i came here for the alcoholic generals and to post about what dog cum tastes like. rip in piss

[Anonymous No.16109254]

>>16109209
Ah yes, that was it. /hbg/ was /diy/, I came here for /alck/. RIP.