Hi,
I've been reading "The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing by Charlie Papazian" .
In it he mentions that hydrometers give accurate readings at 60 degrees F.
He says for every 10 degrees above that you have to add .004-.006 to the reading (my decimal points may be wrong but you get the idea).
I haven't read this anywhere else and when I questioned another homebrewer he said: " I just drop my hydrometer in the liquid take a reading and don't worry about it, then I take my final gravity and that's that. All I worry about is making it then drinking it" He never heard of the 60 degree thing.
Anyone?
Tommy
I've been reading "The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing by Charlie Papazian" .
In it he mentions that hydrometers give accurate readings at 60 degrees F.
He says for every 10 degrees above that you have to add .004-.006 to the reading (my decimal points may be wrong but you get the idea).
I haven't read this anywhere else and when I questioned another homebrewer he said: " I just drop my hydrometer in the liquid take a reading and don't worry about it, then I take my final gravity and that's that. All I worry about is making it then drinking it" He never heard of the 60 degree thing.
Anyone?
Tommy