BobF
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I'm making no blanket recommendations, nor am I drawing general conclusions from this one-time experience. I'm just passing along what I experienced ....
I finally got around to trying out a refractometer I purchased months and months ago.
I'm lazy, so I trust what labels tell me about sugar content. I figure the label is at least as accurate as me and my hydrometer. So, I mixed up a batch of apple/jalapano, adding the sugar required to get an SG of 1072.
After it was all mixed up, I dropped my hydro in and it read 1082. I calibrated my refractometer and gave it a try. It read 1072 on the money.
I'll be doing more controlled evaluations, but I figgered this was interesting enough to pass along.
Anybody done comparisons between the two - prior to starting ferment?
I finally got around to trying out a refractometer I purchased months and months ago.
I'm lazy, so I trust what labels tell me about sugar content. I figure the label is at least as accurate as me and my hydrometer. So, I mixed up a batch of apple/jalapano, adding the sugar required to get an SG of 1072.
After it was all mixed up, I dropped my hydro in and it read 1082. I calibrated my refractometer and gave it a try. It read 1072 on the money.
I'll be doing more controlled evaluations, but I figgered this was interesting enough to pass along.
Anybody done comparisons between the two - prior to starting ferment?