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Better Hydrometer Readings on Carbonated Beer

Getting accurate hydrometer readings is critically important to brewing better beer. However sometimes it’s really tough to get the best reading you can – especially after your beer has some carbonation built up after fermentation. All that foam in your hydrometer cylinder isn’t going to help you get accurate numbers not to mention even seeing the hydrometer itself through all the bubbles. Join BYO’s Technical Editor Ashton Lewis as he shows you a simple hack using a funnel and household coffee filters to remove carbonation to get more accurate hydrometer readings in your beer.

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