I have a cheap refractometer. I brewed night before last, and I was adding boiled water to the wort to get the gravity down. The values I got varied. Sometimes they went up when they should have gone down. In the end, I gave it my best guess.
I have found that this refractometer works best when I squeeze the lens down on the window and hold the refractometer close to a light source. This didn't seem to work all that well for this session.
I stirred the water into the wort before taking measurements, figuring I didn't want to measure the gravity of the water I just poured in. I wanted everything mixed.
Is it possible I got bad readings because I stirred up junk from the bottom of the Braumeister? Wort with stuff suspended in it would be heavier.
I have found that this refractometer works best when I squeeze the lens down on the window and hold the refractometer close to a light source. This didn't seem to work all that well for this session.
I stirred the water into the wort before taking measurements, figuring I didn't want to measure the gravity of the water I just poured in. I wanted everything mixed.
Is it possible I got bad readings because I stirred up junk from the bottom of the Braumeister? Wort with stuff suspended in it would be heavier.