Steve973
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I feel like I should've read this somewhere or sometime, and I probably did, but when you're taking readings, what's the difference between "apparent" values and "real" values? And what causes the difference?
Apparent vs Real?
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2nd Street Brewery
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What type of readings? Specific gravity. If so they are probably talking about adjusting for temp. Hydrometers are set at 60F i think. There are conversion tables around that will give you a true reading based on the temp of your wort when you take your reading.
Darth Konvel
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Apparent attenuation / extract vs Real attenuation / extract have to do with the difference in SG between alcohol and water.
