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Offline AleForce

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The Beer Bug
« on: October 22, 2012, 02:42:19 pm »
It looks like the Beer Bug is looking for supporters of their Digital Hydrometer. They have some updated videos on their www.beerbug.com and http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parasitx/the-beerbugtm-digital-hydrometer site showing more detailed info about the device. 
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Re: The Beer Bug
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2012, 02:39:07 pm »
Looks like a refractometer is much simpler to me.
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Re: The Beer Bug
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2012, 11:49:04 am »
Isn't a refractometer only effective for getting OG?  The Beer Bug is designed to monitor constantly during fermentation.
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Re: The Beer Bug
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2012, 12:58:03 pm »
Isn't a refractometer only effective for getting OG?  The Beer Bug is designed to monitor constantly during fermentation.

You can use a refract to get FG you just need to apply some correction factors to the reading. This is because, If I recall, the refractive index of sugar and alcahol are similar so the refractometer can't distinguish when alcahol and sugare are both present.

Sean Terril has a good calculator for this on his site.
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Re: The Beer Bug
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2012, 01:06:25 pm »
Isn't a refractometer only effective for getting OG?  The Beer Bug is designed to monitor constantly during fermentation.

You can use a refract to get FG you just need to apply some correction factors to the reading. This is because, If I recall, the refractive index of sugar and alcahol are similar so the refractometer can't distinguish when alcahol and sugare are both present.

Sean Terril has a good calculator for this on his site.

I use Sean's calculator and it works very well.

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Re: The Beer Bug
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2012, 12:27:15 am »
Glad it's working out for you guys. Here's the direct link to the calculator: http://seanterrill.com/2012/01/06/refractometer-calculator/ There's also a spreadsheet you can download to track multiple batches.
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Re: The Beer Bug
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2012, 12:57:42 am »
You can use a refract to get FG you just need to apply some correction factors to the reading. This is because, If I recall, the refractive index of sugar and alcahol are similar so the refractometer can't distinguish when alcahol and sugare are both present.
It has nothing to do with how similar they are, it is just that they are both non-zero.

I recommend Sean's calculator too.
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Re: The Beer Bug
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2012, 12:59:30 am »
what is the wort correction factor and how do i know if i need to change it?
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Re: The Beer Bug
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2012, 01:00:56 am »
what is the wort correction factor and how do i know if i need to change it?
Just use the calculator at http://seanterrill.com/2012/01/06/refractometer-calculator/
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