I'm not sure I understand. I didn't mean to imply you should try to convert back to SG because you're right - it does not convert well. What I was trying to say is you're going to have to use Brix (or Plato) going forward for all measurements. But my opinion is Plato makes more sense and it is the standard measurement in most commercial breweries.
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dbrewski
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I think what he is saying is that the brix scale itself is for measuring something different than plato/SG. So while I wholeheartedly support precision hydrometers (I broke mine last night 
) I would recommend getting it in plato or SG, not brix, because of the conversion issue.
the brewer's edge precision hydro from Williams Brewing has twice the resolution of a standard hydro and is reasonably priced. And fragile unfortunately.
) I would recommend getting it in plato or SG, not brix, because of the conversion issue.the brewer's edge precision hydro from Williams Brewing has twice the resolution of a standard hydro and is reasonably priced. And fragile unfortunately.
If that's the case then no - Brix and Plato both measure % sucrose by weight and are interchangeable.
1 deg Plato = 1% sucrose by weight of a water-sucrose solution = 1% Brix.
Brewer's tend to express measurements in Plato, Vintner's tend to express measurements in Brix.
1 deg Plato = 1% sucrose by weight of a water-sucrose solution = 1% Brix.
Brewer's tend to express measurements in Plato, Vintner's tend to express measurements in Brix.
dbrewski
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jcaudill said:
I stand corrected. And confused. I just wonder why homebrewers needed their own scale (SG).
bdjohns1
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Because we're all science and engineering majors, and SG is what we would have come across in our chem lab classes.
Brix and Plato are just industry-specific measures of SG applied to specific dissolved solids affecting the bulk density of a solution.
