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After like 3 years I was again brewing beer just for fun and not 2000l batch as my job or trying something on this small scale for my job (because I ... (f.cz)
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After like 3 years I was again brewing beer just for fun and not 2000l batch as my job or trying something on this small scale for my job (because I had a time and got the ingredients for free).It is really experimental brew. I put 3,5l of grape juice (I think it is Veltlín variety) and will add some cherries there too. So let's see how it will end up.#homebrewing @homebrewing

My brewing setup, 2 big pots one above the other with wort pouring to the lower one.
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Refractometers start to be really off once you have fruit juice and ongoing fermentation. I use mine only to see if reading is changing over time, absolute value is easily off by 20-30 g/L

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I know, it is really handy for checking OG then it gets skewed by alcohol. For bottling I use my hydrometer to be sure, I just don't want bombs.

    When you measure often you can correct it, but for me it isn't worth it.

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