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It's in Brix so I assumed it would be correct.

You're all freakin' geniuses! That was it. I have two beers fermenting right now that I thought had stopped early. I re-checked with a hydrometer and they both hit the target dead on. I had no idea the refractometer would be that off. When I started a year ago, I was having all kinds of...

Bensiff, I haven't been using a hydrometer since I got a refractometer. However, when I first got it I would cross check the two for accuracy and found they always agreed. Badbrew, I thought that might be a problem so I've been keeping the temps low (150 F -154 F) to be safe and stirring...

I'm also a programmer by day like Spintab and would like to offer my 2 cents for what's it's worth. I use a cheap chest freezer with a Johnson Controller for my fermentation. I setup a monitoring system that measured room temperature, freezer air temperature and a probe taped to the side of...

I must be doing something basically wrong because my fermentation ALWAYS stop early. Here's are examples from a few recent brews: Barley wine: OG (target/actual): 1.101 / 1.105 FG (target/actual): 1.022 / 1.050 Blonde Ale: OG (target/actual): 1.046 / 1.046 FG (target/actual): 1.009 /...