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• Posted in thread: Blichmann BoilerMaker Worth It? on 06-14-2013 at 06:12 PM
  I have a 10 gallon Boilermaker. I only use it as my boil kettle but I can't see brewing without
  it. The pre-calibrated sight glass rocks. The thermometer is a nice-to-have, but I find it
  handy to know...

• Posted in thread: Refractometers on 06-06-2013 at 04:40 PM
  I actually haven't bothered trying it yet, but I've heard everything from within a point or two
  to wildly inaccurate. I have two batches to bottle soon, so maybe I'll give it a whirl. Even
  so, they're...

• Posted in thread: Refractometers on 06-06-2013 at 12:36 AM
  Once alcohol is present, it skews the reading. There are calculations that will get you close,
  but I just measure FG with a hydrometer since I want a taste anyway. More info on the
  calculations can be...

• Posted in thread: Refractometer? on 05-29-2013 at 06:15 PM
  Agree.My concern was that I could not rely on either scale of the cheap Amazon instrument. Is
  the OG scale short, or is the Brix scale long? Or a little of both? Being off 12 gravity points
  (1.117 vs ...

• Posted in thread: Refractometer? on 05-29-2013 at 06:09 PM
  Seems like you have to calibrate your hydrometer as well.Yes! I was initially puzzled why there
  was a large discrepancy. I threw my hydrometer in distilled water and temp corrected, it read
  four point...

• Posted in thread: Refractometer? on 05-29-2013 at 05:02 PM
  I get the conversion between Brix and OG. My concern was not one of simple conversion between
  the two units; but rather, the fact that the scales did not track throughout its range. Using
  your analogy...

• Posted in thread: Refractometer? on 05-29-2013 at 03:13 PM
  Here's a link to a spreadsheet that will help determine your wort correction factor:

• Posted in thread: Refractometer? on 05-29-2013 at 07:09 AM
  It's possible that none of the conversions (alone) are correct given your refractometer. Read
  up on wort correction factors. If you want accuracy, you need to take comparative readings with
  your hydro...

• Posted in thread: Refractometer? on 05-29-2013 at 05:34 AM
  I've only used mine twice but am really satisfied. You have to read up on them. I was concerned
  after reading about a lot of negative experiences, but so far it has led me to discover that my
  hydromet...

• Posted in thread: my hydrometer and refractometer disagree on 05-21-2013 at 12:59 PM
  Mine did too, which led me to actually check my hydrometer in distilled water. With temp
  correction my hydrometer read +4 points and confirmed that my refractometer was correct. This
  explained why my ...