I recently purchased a wine thief, tired of the turkey-baster game.
I've discovered that it doesn't seem to be enough wider than my hydrometer--the hydrometer sticks. Sometimes it even blocks the flow of must into the thief.
I suppose the solution is another hydrometer. Right now, I have a garden variety cheap beer hydrometer (which I was surprised to find in my cabinet, as I rarely used it--"Yeah, it has a gravity. Not much I can do about it now :)").
Anyway, is it worth paying any more than a couple of bucks, assuming that I stick to brewking/winexpert style kits for the forseable future? I really don't use it for much more than insuring that the wine is done fermenting.
And, getting down to business, can anyone tell me what brands/names actually work and float inside a wine thief?
And is there some trick to figuring out when the little gadget at the bottom of the wine thief will block flow, and when it won't?
hawk