Hydrometer reading question

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Killian_77

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I have had a jug of distilled water setting next to my fermentor. I took a hydrometer reading of my apfelwein and it read 1.002 @ 65*. I also took a reading of the distilled water since they have been at the same temp. It also read 1.002. My hydrometer is calibrated to 60*. Would you assume that the two points are due to the temperature change and my apfelwein is currently about 1.000?
I figured it would probably be about 1.000 and not much below because I added a little more dextrose in the beggining. It has been going 6 weeks at about 65-68* so I am going to go ahead and bottle.
 
1.002 is splitting hairs. Regardless of the temp BeerSmith says your SG is the same.

If you are measuring it correctly at 1.002 then that's what it is... and that's close enough to 1 to not worrry about it.
 
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