hey guys.
i just got a hydrometer and i tried to take a reading of my coolaid wine that is nearing a month old and still bubbling like crazy and i cant get an acurate reading. i spinn it and it stops in a different place most of the time sometims at 1060 sometimes at .990 and no matter what reading i get a second or two after the spinning slows it starts to rise due to bubbles clinging onto the sides i would imagine. i would like some help with this soon because my blueberry wine is due to have to yeast pitched today and i dont want to have the same problem with it. i am going to take a reading of the must befor i pitch the yeast and ill let you know what that is. the recipe say that i should take sg readings daily till it hits 1.030 then syphon to secondary but i am worried that i wont get an accurate reading because of the bubbles. what do you suggest?
matt
i just got a hydrometer and i tried to take a reading of my coolaid wine that is nearing a month old and still bubbling like crazy and i cant get an acurate reading. i spinn it and it stops in a different place most of the time sometims at 1060 sometimes at .990 and no matter what reading i get a second or two after the spinning slows it starts to rise due to bubbles clinging onto the sides i would imagine. i would like some help with this soon because my blueberry wine is due to have to yeast pitched today and i dont want to have the same problem with it. i am going to take a reading of the must befor i pitch the yeast and ill let you know what that is. the recipe say that i should take sg readings daily till it hits 1.030 then syphon to secondary but i am worried that i wont get an accurate reading because of the bubbles. what do you suggest?
matt