I was blown away with the ease of use of the refractometer recently at the "Epic Liffey Brewers Lambic Brewday©" and decided to get myself one for this weekends brews. It arrived today.
I have to admit that becuase of the need to cool etc and had gotten very lazy with numbers, and I'd only take an OG at the very end of the brew, the refractometer was deadly for taking readings on the fly and I have to admit I'm a convert.
Mine has arrived at home anyway and will be used soon :)
Refractometers are the mutts 8)
I ordered one after that brewday too. Very impressed..
Quote from: mcgrath on March 25, 2014, 04:25:10 PM
I ordered one after that brewday too. Very impressed..
You mean the "Epic Liffey Brewers Lambic Brewday©".
Don't mean to put a downer on it, but I gave up on mine ??? Probably didn't perceiver with it long enough to get a good calibration (I might pull it out since, everyone is excited about them again)
Be sure to read this thread, Be warned It's an Aul one :D, with a lot of aul crony homebrewers on it :P
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,113.0.html (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,113.0.html)
Quote from: Eoin on March 25, 2014, 04:26:50 PM
Quote from: mcgrath on March 25, 2014, 04:25:10 PM
I ordered one after that brewday too. Very impressed..
You mean the "Epic Liffey Brewers Lambic Brewday©".
Haha! Yeah that one..
Quote from: magnethead on March 25, 2014, 04:31:54 PM
Don't mean to put a downer on it, but I gave up on mine ??? Probably didn't perceiver with it long enough to get a good calibration (I might pull it out since, everyone is excited about them again)
Be sure to read this thread, Be warned It's an Aul one :D, with a lot of aul crony homebrewers on it :P
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,113.0.html (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,113.0.html)
I found it great for on the fly measurements whilst we were brewing. I'm under no illusions as to their shortcomings.
Just calibrate it with some bottled water before every use.. I can't understand how I lived for so long without one... I've only recently started to use beersmith.. Which again has been a revelation
I checked this out yesterday evening and mine only measures Brix, so it looks like I'm using Plato from now on, real brewers use Plato ;)