I'm hoping someone here can help with a suggestion. I'm using a refractometer from BobbyM and I'm finding that the reading for my fermented beer is very different from the reading with my hydrometer (and yes I did use the correction formula).
For example, a recent batch reads an FG of 1.010 with a hydrometer but reads 6 brix, which based on the OG of 1.057 is 1.003. That is a big variance and I'm trying to understand it.
As background, the refractometer is calibrated using distilled water and it matched the hydrometer reading for the OG.
Thanks in advance for any tips.
For example, a recent batch reads an FG of 1.010 with a hydrometer but reads 6 brix, which based on the OG of 1.057 is 1.003. That is a big variance and I'm trying to understand it.
As background, the refractometer is calibrated using distilled water and it matched the hydrometer reading for the OG.
Thanks in advance for any tips.