buckeyebrewer
Well-Known Member
I got a new refractometer for Christmas. See Ebay ad below.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/0-32-Brix-Wort-...=250726166399&ps=63&clkid=5998862391629418637
I calibrated it right out of the box with purified water. It was exactly 1.000 when I put the water on it so there was no calibration needed. In the directions it said that it was calibrated at the factory as well so I didn't actually need to change the settings when I calibrated it. I had a beer that was done fermenting that I was racking to a keg. I took a reading and it said 1.024.....the sample was 66 degrees F and the refractometer has Auto Temperature Calibration from 10C - 30C degrees.
So I got my trusty old hydrometer out and took another reading. The hydrometer read 1.008. I drank the hydrometer sample and it tasted like it was 1.008....very little residual sugars left in the sample. I'm really confused how it could be so far off.....any ideas? Does the alcohol mess with the reading in some way? Thanks for any suggestions.
http://cgi.ebay.com/0-32-Brix-Wort-...=250726166399&ps=63&clkid=5998862391629418637
I calibrated it right out of the box with purified water. It was exactly 1.000 when I put the water on it so there was no calibration needed. In the directions it said that it was calibrated at the factory as well so I didn't actually need to change the settings when I calibrated it. I had a beer that was done fermenting that I was racking to a keg. I took a reading and it said 1.024.....the sample was 66 degrees F and the refractometer has Auto Temperature Calibration from 10C - 30C degrees.
So I got my trusty old hydrometer out and took another reading. The hydrometer read 1.008. I drank the hydrometer sample and it tasted like it was 1.008....very little residual sugars left in the sample. I'm really confused how it could be so far off.....any ideas? Does the alcohol mess with the reading in some way? Thanks for any suggestions.