Fat Bastard
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Strange Question: I've had a run of beers finishing higher than expected, and have reason to suspect there is something funny going on with my post boil refractometer readings. They seem to be quite a bit higher than expected, and this is impacting on my gravity readings from the fermenter. Refractometer readings taken pre-boil seem fine. I suspect my Refrac is very sensitive to suspended material in the wort and that's what the issue is there. I'm getting fuzzy lines, higher than expected readings that would indicate massive boil off rates, but that's not actually happening.
I own a hydrometer, but it's probably lying smashed in the bottom of a box somewhere.
Is there any way to calculate the alcohol content of finished beer without measuring the gravity? Can I boil off the alcohol from a sample and compare the weights before and after? I do own a set of very accurate scales. Well ones that go down to .01g anyway.
I'd appreciate your thoughts!
Cheers!
FB
I own a hydrometer, but it's probably lying smashed in the bottom of a box somewhere.
Is there any way to calculate the alcohol content of finished beer without measuring the gravity? Can I boil off the alcohol from a sample and compare the weights before and after? I do own a set of very accurate scales. Well ones that go down to .01g anyway.
I'd appreciate your thoughts!
Cheers!
FB