Unbreakable alcometer?

by **busman** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:17 pm

Ok, so I've just broken ANOTHER alcometer :angry-cussingblack:

That's two busted in two runs, I'm really not keen on dropping $15 or so on a new one every time, does anyone know of an alcometer made of a material that's both safe to use and hard to break??

by **SBB** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:35 pm

I read somewhere that you should buy them four at a time.......take them home and throw two at the floor......get it over and done with :lol: .....not much help I know.... I think if such a thing as an unbreakable alcometer existed most home brew shops would be stocking them. Buggers would charge a fortune for them though.

by **MacStill** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:45 pm

SBB wrote:I read somewhere that you should buy them four at a time.......take them home and throw two at the floor......get it over and done with :lol: .....not much help I know.... I think if such a thing as an unbreakable alcometer existed most home brew shops would be stocking them. Buggers would charge a fortune for them though.

:text-+1: :text-goodpost: :text-imwithstupid: :text-yeahthat:

:text-lol: :text-lol: :text-lol: :text-lol:

by **Sam.** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:25 pm

If you can't burn it, it's not strong enough?............

by **busman** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:42 pm

I generally avoid setting fire to things I don't need to :text-lol:

Fuck it, I'll just use the thermometer when its distilling and a calculator when I'm cutting and bottling it, probably not quite as accurate but at least I can't smash the bastards :lol:

by **R-sole** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:20 am

How are you breaking them?

Someone posted a tip on artisan that sticking a little ball of copper packing in the bottom of your Parrot will stop the accidents from dropping them in when the parrot is empty.

by **busman** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:40 am

Oh I can break things in a million different ways :lol:

First one I bumped and it rolled off the table, second one I wasn't paying attention to how I was holding the test tube while I was moving it, and the alcometer slid out the end and onto the floor. So basically I was enquiring whether there was an idiot-proof model available :lol: Seems not though, I'll make do without.

by **zwagerman9** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:32 am

Bit of late comment.
15cm length of cotton with the smallest amount of tape helps me lower and retrieve from demijohns. lol

by **lickermaker** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:11 am

Ol Popcorn sutton learded to tell the proof by reading the bead in the bottle.

by **Rumdrinker** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:16 am

Fucken top marks for that idea, it's a pisser when you think there's enough there for you to grab the tip but ........
Just got to be bothered to put it in to practice

by **wynnum1** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:37 am

first hydrometer eggs where used as a hydrometer to get a starting gravity if you had small artificial eggs that sunk at set values 70% , 60 % 50% 40%

by **cdbrown** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:15 pm

I cracked the top of the alcometer the other night. Don't remember doing it but must have knocked it on something while cleaning it. Damn things are so fragile.

by **law-of-ohms** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:10 am

Just buy some from 5Star,

I got 10!

1/3 the price my HBS pimps them for....

by **NotBenStiller** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:59 pm

lickermaker wrote:Ol Popcorn sutton learded to tell the proof by reading the bead in the bottle.

I'll go a bit OT here - but i like how in that show the "old stock footage" of Popcorn is still in widescreen :))

law-of-ohms wrote:Just buy some from 5Star,
1/3 the price my HBS pimps them for....

Yerp - the fingle fumbers pack is a great idea
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=975#p13094

by **law-of-ohms** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:26 pm

I got my 10 !!

5Star did a super job packing them!

Good quality too.

Thanks 5Star!

by **Panda** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:02 pm

My father, brother and myself shared a still and 1 alcometer for 4 years going between our 3 houses each month or so, that was passed down from my grandparents. We've since got our own stills and gear and still never broken an alcometer between us. Fucks me how you guys do it.

After this post I garantee I will break mine within the month

by **R-sole** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:38 pm

Panda wrote:My father, brother and myself shared a still and 1 alcometer for 4 years going between our 3 houses each month or so, that was passed down from my grandparents. We've since got our own stills and gear and still never broken an alcometer between us. Fucks me how you guys do it.

After this post I garantee I will break mine within the month

That's why i've never commented on people breaking them 8-)

I refuse to say whether i am still on the first one i ever bought. :D

by **Frank** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:13 pm

5Star wrote:
Panda wrote:My father, brother and myself shared a still and 1 alcometer for 4 years going between our 3 houses each month or so, that was passed down from my grandparents. We've since got our own stills and gear and still never broken an alcometer between us. Fucks me how you guys do it.

After this post I garantee I will break mine within the month

That's why i've never commented on people breaking them 8-)

I refuse to say whether i am still on the first one i ever bought. :D

Well re longterm posession
:text-imwithstupid: .......... :whistle: