Wine & Beer Hydrometer - Ritchies

These Ritchies Homebrew Hydrometers for Wine, Beer or Cider, play an important part in home brewing.

Hydrometers allow you to take a specific gravity (liquid density) reading of the liquid in the brew.

This will tell you how much sugar is in your liquor and will therefore tell you when the brew has finished fermenting so you can then barrel or bottle it. Beer, Cider & Wine kits usually give you an approximation as to what the specific gravity reading should be when the brew is finished so that when your hydrometer reads this value you know that it's finished fermenting.

The hydrometer is an easy way to tell when your brew has finished. There are other ways of telling like waiting for the airlock to stop bubbling but that's not as accurate.

You will need a Trial Jar to put some of the brew into so you can take the SG reading.