Recent content by foscojo

Here is a first look at this system.

Yes

On my refractometer, 1.040 is exactly 10 Brix.

Thanks. I appreciate it. I hope it coasts closer to the target by bottling day early to mid next week.

The calculator required numbers that I don't know like whatever WRI is. Apparently, I have to do math to get the numbers needed by the calculator so that it can do math for me.

The 1.071 was the OG.

1.071 by hydrometer

Well, I just looked at the Brewer's Friend refractometer calculator page and decide to just throw the refractometer in the trash. Too much math and whatever a Brix is and screw that. It's not worth the effort. I'll just use the hydrometer from now on.

No. My refractometer has consistently matched my hydrometer to the decimal after calibrating it with distilled water.

It is a Bell's Two Hearted IPA clone. OG was with both a refractometer and hydrometer. This reading was with just the refractometer.

Update: So I pitched the kviek on Monday at 9am @ 1.071. I just checked it at 10:30pm on Thursday @ 1.040 (zero activity). I went ahead and dry hopped it with 4 oz Centennial. I'll check it again on Monday hoping to bottle early next week.

I took apart all of the parts that could be taken apart.

Ah. I used the ball valve in the pot and tubing to transfer the wort to the fermenter. The first thing I did before starting was clean everything with PBW. I disassembled the ball valve and washed the valve, nut, and silicone washer separately. On the FerMonster, I washed the uninstalled...

This is a new FerMonster.