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Hi all
Well I've invested into buying a refractometer to try and improve my gravity reading skills, but im a little confused.
Now is the refractometer only to be used for reading your OG (original gravity) prior to yeasting? or can it also be used to check your final gravity?
I ask, as when i use my refractometer and hydrometer at the OG stage I get very close readings, but when I do it again at the FG stage the readings are miles apart.
I've now tried this on a few beers and its always a big difference and i mean the hydrometer reads 1012 and the refractometer reads 1038.
Now I've calibrated the refractometer and would include a temp difference for my hydrometer, so I just don't understand why I get such a difference?
The only thing i can now think is that the refractometer shouldn't be used to read the FG, which I would find strange as its no different really than reading the OG.
Any clues or tips welcomed
Cheers all
Well I've invested into buying a refractometer to try and improve my gravity reading skills, but im a little confused.
Now is the refractometer only to be used for reading your OG (original gravity) prior to yeasting? or can it also be used to check your final gravity?
I ask, as when i use my refractometer and hydrometer at the OG stage I get very close readings, but when I do it again at the FG stage the readings are miles apart.
I've now tried this on a few beers and its always a big difference and i mean the hydrometer reads 1012 and the refractometer reads 1038.
Now I've calibrated the refractometer and would include a temp difference for my hydrometer, so I just don't understand why I get such a difference?
The only thing i can now think is that the refractometer shouldn't be used to read the FG, which I would find strange as its no different really than reading the OG.
Any clues or tips welcomed
Cheers all