Trent
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Gday all
Wondering if my refract has had it, or if it is OK, but I have a little problem. I bought a refract a few weeks ago, and was quite impressed with it, so impressed I managed to drop it on its head on the concrete while taking the OG for my very first brew with it! It gave me a few wildly varying results, then settled down to be pretty much inline with my hydro. Last night I was doing my second brew with it, it seemed pretty good all the way through, hit my boil gravity OK, and after the boil, I took my refract reading and it read 17.4 brix (1069) when my target gravity was 1072, and my hydrometer read about 1071. I also use spiese to prime my beers, so when I bottled my latest porter the other day, that was 1055 OG, the refractometer read a drop of that at 13.2 brix (1053). The hydro seems to be calibrated OK, and so is the refrac, so what gives with the 2 point variation? Is this normal, and which one is correct? I know that 2 points is bugger all in the grand scheme of things, but wanna know if I buggered my refrac by dropping it. I bought it so I could really dial in my IBU's, I would hate to think it is now useless. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
All the best
Trent
Wondering if my refract has had it, or if it is OK, but I have a little problem. I bought a refract a few weeks ago, and was quite impressed with it, so impressed I managed to drop it on its head on the concrete while taking the OG for my very first brew with it! It gave me a few wildly varying results, then settled down to be pretty much inline with my hydro. Last night I was doing my second brew with it, it seemed pretty good all the way through, hit my boil gravity OK, and after the boil, I took my refract reading and it read 17.4 brix (1069) when my target gravity was 1072, and my hydrometer read about 1071. I also use spiese to prime my beers, so when I bottled my latest porter the other day, that was 1055 OG, the refractometer read a drop of that at 13.2 brix (1053). The hydro seems to be calibrated OK, and so is the refrac, so what gives with the 2 point variation? Is this normal, and which one is correct? I know that 2 points is bugger all in the grand scheme of things, but wanna know if I buggered my refrac by dropping it. I bought it so I could really dial in my IBU's, I would hate to think it is now useless. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
All the best
Trent