DJM3
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This has been probably discussed a thousand times on this forum so apologies but I am having some difficulty with my gravity measurements.
I am currently brewing an Australian Sparkling Ale and my target OG was 1.048. I took a reading with my new refractometer and it read Brix 12/ 1.047sg, very close to my target. I also took a reading with my hydrometer which read 1.045 which was close enough for me.
Now I'm trying to track my FG, hydrometer reads 1.010 and my target is 1.009 so very close again, but when I take a refractometer reading this is coming out at 5 Brix and using the tool in Beersmith to calculate an FG is correcting it to 1.003 which is pretty off.
So really my question is why when my readings started so close at the begining of the brew have they drifted apart? Are refractometers too unreliable to take FG readings?
Thanks in advance for your comments.
I am currently brewing an Australian Sparkling Ale and my target OG was 1.048. I took a reading with my new refractometer and it read Brix 12/ 1.047sg, very close to my target. I also took a reading with my hydrometer which read 1.045 which was close enough for me.
Now I'm trying to track my FG, hydrometer reads 1.010 and my target is 1.009 so very close again, but when I take a refractometer reading this is coming out at 5 Brix and using the tool in Beersmith to calculate an FG is correcting it to 1.003 which is pretty off.
So really my question is why when my readings started so close at the begining of the brew have they drifted apart? Are refractometers too unreliable to take FG readings?
Thanks in advance for your comments.