Gravity going crazy

[I_Brew_Drunk]

So I recently made an Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale clone that I just bottled a few days ago. The OG was 1.046 (was shooting for 1.059, yikes) and when I transferred to secondary it had dropped to 1.014 (recipe calls for it to drop to 1.016 resulting in ~5.7abv) after 2 weeks in secondary I bottled and checked the gravity on my refractometer and it was reading 1.030. I even re-calibrated with water and tried it again with the same exact reading. I don't understand what caused this, and moreover I don't want a beer thats 2.1% abv. Any clue as to what's going on? Is it even possible for gravities to rise during/after fermentation?

 

[neosapien]

alcohol messes up refractometer readings.

 

[hautlle]

Refractometers don't work as well for fermented beer, once alcohol is created during fermentation they will require a few calculations to correct the reading.

 

[duboman]

While there are conversion tables available for using refractometers once alcohol is present many people report that they are pretty much worthless post fermentation of beer, use a hydrometer