How to use a Hydrometer with Beer, Wine & Spirits

Wonder what the measurements mean on a hydrometer? Want to know how to read it? We show you 2 different hydrometers and “Beer & Wine” hydrometer and a “Spirit” hydrometer and how to use them, what they measure and how to read them.

Here’s a link to our website with a few different options of beer, wine & spirit hydrometers - brewbitz.com/collections/hydrometers

How To Calculate The ABV of Beer, Wine, Lager or Cider - brewbitz.com/pages/how-do-i-measure-the-alcohol…

There are lots of different hydrometers, but the main ones for us is a "beer, wine & cider hydrometer" and a Spirit Hydrometer.

A Beer, Wine & Cider hydrometer measures the amount of sugar in your liquid.
- It will tell you what the potential ABV will be.
- It lets you know if the yeast have eaten all the sugar.
- It will tell you if you have a stuck fermentation.
- It will tell you if your brew has reached a safe point for bottling.

We use the term Specific Gravity (SG) and refer to a scale that revolves around 1.000 which is water with no sugar at 20°C.
The more sugar in the liquid, the higher the SG. The higher the SG, the higher the potential alcohol content in the finished brew.

A Spirit Hydrometer measures the amount of alcohol in a liquid and is mainly used when distilling or measuring the alcohol in spirits like whisky or gin.

Oops. I kept saying viscose. I meant dense / density.

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