Brewed a pale ale yesterday, when i was done i took a gravity sample. my hydrometer read 1.060, which was a bit high because it was supposed to be a 1.052 beer (although at 75% efficiency it was supposed to be 1.057).
my hydrometer is a bit off, when at 70F, it measures two lines above the 1.000 mark, so in the case of my 1.060, it would technically be 1.064.
So after that i took a sample for my refractometer, and got about 13.2, which calculates out to 1.052.
After thinking about it, the way i got my sample was, about 10 minutes after letting my wort settle in the kettle, I drained some into a pitcher, i let it settle out for a bit, then poured it for my gravity sample, then later took a few drops off the top for the refractometer sample, do you think glucose "settles out"?
not quite sure what to say the gravity of this beer is....
my hydrometer is a bit off, when at 70F, it measures two lines above the 1.000 mark, so in the case of my 1.060, it would technically be 1.064.
So after that i took a sample for my refractometer, and got about 13.2, which calculates out to 1.052.
After thinking about it, the way i got my sample was, about 10 minutes after letting my wort settle in the kettle, I drained some into a pitcher, i let it settle out for a bit, then poured it for my gravity sample, then later took a few drops off the top for the refractometer sample, do you think glucose "settles out"?
not quite sure what to say the gravity of this beer is....
