The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Food & crafts => Home brewing => Topic started by: suziequeue on November 15, 2010, 08:28:53 pm
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Out hydrometer reads the same whether it's in our cider, a bottle of shop bought cider or tap water.
Does that mean it's broken?
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I don't know if yours is broken, it sounds like you need a more accurate scale. In water it will read 1 (specific gravity), with water and sugar (un-fermented cider) it will read more than 1. water with alcohol (cider) it will read close to 1.
On a liquid gravitometer water is 1, so oil is about .6 to .8 (lighter than water)
On a gas gravitometer air is 1, so propane for example is about 1.5 (heavier than air)
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