mikefrommichigan
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I thought I was having a problem with a couple of kits I started 2 weeks ago. I took an initial SG reading with a hydrometer reading of 1.090, just what I was hoping for. I borrowed a refractometer from a friend to take subsequent reading, as it is a lot easier to check the SG with a refractometer. This is the first time I have use one. I checked the brix values daily and converted them to SG values. After a week the values seemed stuck on 7 degrees Brix, approx 1.028 SG. This went on for nearly a week, without a change in values.
This morning I rechecked the refractometer calibration with distilled water and it was correct. I decided to check the SG with the hydrometer and the reading was 1.0. I rechecked with a second hydrometer I have and it also read 1.0.
I drove over to my friends house as he was brewing some beer, and we checked his beer with both the refractometer and a hydrometer. They both read the same. 1.045 SG, approx 11.0 degrees brix.
So why the discrepancy with the wine readings?
If anyone has an explanation I would like to hear it.
Thanks
This morning I rechecked the refractometer calibration with distilled water and it was correct. I decided to check the SG with the hydrometer and the reading was 1.0. I rechecked with a second hydrometer I have and it also read 1.0.
I drove over to my friends house as he was brewing some beer, and we checked his beer with both the refractometer and a hydrometer. They both read the same. 1.045 SG, approx 11.0 degrees brix.
So why the discrepancy with the wine readings?
If anyone has an explanation I would like to hear it.
Thanks