So this last brew day I was running a double batch and had something odd happen with my refrac.
Brewing a Am. Wheat and went to check my preboil gravity and I get a 1.020 on the refrac. hmm that seems extremely low to start out with so I grab another sample and run it again same reading.
Alright ill verify with a hydrometer so I use two different hydrometers and come out with 1.040 @ 65 degrees.
Can a refractometer all of a sudden just not read correctly and be that severely off? I had just used it two weeks ago and it was spot on. I always run hydrometer test when getting pre and post boil gratuities and they have always been very very close to each other. What happened?
Brewing a Am. Wheat and went to check my preboil gravity and I get a 1.020 on the refrac. hmm that seems extremely low to start out with so I grab another sample and run it again same reading.
Alright ill verify with a hydrometer so I use two different hydrometers and come out with 1.040 @ 65 degrees.
Can a refractometer all of a sudden just not read correctly and be that severely off? I had just used it two weeks ago and it was spot on. I always run hydrometer test when getting pre and post boil gratuities and they have always been very very close to each other. What happened?