Fatgodzilla
Beer Soaked Philosopher
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My ability to stuff up happened again last week and I proved glass hydrometers don't bounce when dropped on concrete. Third one in twelve months. Enough ! I cried. I'm gonna buy that there refractor thingie that people swear by. On to Frank's site and all but hit the buy button then read that this thing measures "unfermented wort" and that adjustments in reading fermented wort need to be done using brewing software. What the .............?
So tell me wise men and women of the AHB.
1. Is a refractor thingie good and easy enough to use at all levels of reading specific gravity ?
2. Is a refractor really only good at the hot end of the brewing cycle and I should still be looking at a hydrometer for the (cool) fermented end of the brew ?
3. On a different tangent, are there digital gyzmos to measure gravity at all levels of the brew and are they readily useable by home brewers (never seen anything like them but someone here has an answer) .
So tell me wise men and women of the AHB.
1. Is a refractor thingie good and easy enough to use at all levels of reading specific gravity ?
2. Is a refractor really only good at the hot end of the brewing cycle and I should still be looking at a hydrometer for the (cool) fermented end of the brew ?
3. On a different tangent, are there digital gyzmos to measure gravity at all levels of the brew and are they readily useable by home brewers (never seen anything like them but someone here has an answer) .