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I will take a hydrometer reading when I keg it in a couple weeks, so we will find out then for sure. A few things: -I know hefe ought to be cloudy, I'm not too worried about that, but thank you for noting it. -I read 1040 on the refractometer at yeast pitching time, but I did NOT...

Both were taken with a refractometer that is directly labeled in Specific Gravity, but the original reading at time of pitching was off by 5 points - I thought I had 1040, but really only had 1035.

Hi guys, I looked around a bit, and found some relevant posts, but nothing answering my question closely enough, so here I am: I brewed, a week ago today, a Hefeweizen extract kit. I made up a 2L starter, using Safbrew WB-06, and pitched it into the wort, with an OG of 1035 (a little...