Does taking hydrometer samples from a spigot decrease yeast for cleanup and bottle conditioning?

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  1. Santosizer

    Santosizer Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2009 California

    I know this is an odd question, I have a brew that's on it's 12th day. I've been pulling hydrometer samples from the spigot rather than using the theif and risk contamination. My question is, since I'm going to condition another 2 weeks, and final gravity has already been achieved; will this reduce yeast to the point of affecting quality of the clean up phase and later bottle conditioning?
     
    #1 Santosizer, Sep 7, 2017
  2. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Doubtful it will cause any issues.
     
    #2 SFACRKnight, Sep 7, 2017
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  3. mikehartigan

    mikehartigan Maven (1,421) Apr 9, 2007 Illinois

    The beer will be fine. My concern is that you'll have extra 'stuff' in the sample that may affect the gravity reading, though I don't know if that's significant enough to be an issue.
     
    #3 mikehartigan, Sep 7, 2017
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  4. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    You're overthinking this and worrying needlessly. The suspended yeast you're removing is accompanied by roughly the same proportion of beer removed, so no significant change to the suspended cells per ml if you will. Now I'm overthinking this.
     
    #4 VikeMan, Sep 7, 2017
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  5. mikehartigan

    mikehartigan Maven (1,421) Apr 9, 2007 Illinois

    We're homebrewers. It's what we do! :wink:
     
    #5 mikehartigan, Sep 7, 2017
  6. Santosizer

    Santosizer Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2009 California

    I'd honestly rather look like a newb than screw a beer up haha! Thank you all for the responses. I want to learn as much as I can about the craft.
     
    #6 Santosizer, Sep 8, 2017
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  7. honkey

    honkey Maven (1,350) Aug 28, 2010 Arizona
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    Anything that has settled to the bottom of the fermenter is no longer contributing to fermentation or "clean up."
     
    #7 honkey, Sep 10, 2017
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