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today I have borrowed the same refractometer I used at the brewday. Tested it with different sugar water concentrations at different temperatures. The damn thing compensates the temperature, unlike my friend told me. NOW the calculations to correct the alcohol deviation make sense: initial...

it seems to have finished... 3 day @ 1.060 =/ I think i'll pitch in some wlp0099 or wlp028

third day in a row reading 1.060 @ 21C I think Notty is gone X_X

sad but true... though it can be the beginning of a new scottish ale: WAY heavy. :D

Really? How many abv does Nottingham endure? It must be around 10% right now

ALL MUST SALUTE THE NOOB. =( I didnt cool the wort before reading the refractometer after boiling. My friend just told me his refractometer does not compensate for temperature. Assuming it was at 70C when I measured it (blowed it like hot food so it wouldnt break the thing), I did the math...

Hello Folks! Sunday I brewed my first Batch, an all-grain Wee heavy. I started looking into the subject since the beginning of the year and decided that Wee heavy would be a good Challenge. Grain Bill: 6.6lb Munich malt type 2 6.6lb Pale Ale 2.2lb Crystal malt 2.2lb Vienna Malt...