RE: Brix - mba

10 Feb 2003

I like the idea of doing a group calibration to see how close our
hydrometers or refractometers really are. Or how well we can read them.
Or how well we can measure and mix a solution.
Unless we can calibrate at 59F we will have to do a temperature correction
(see the posting by Steve Piatz on the mnbrewers discussion forum)
at 68F (room temp?) the hydrometer reading is already off by 0.9
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 From:  Rick Oftel[SMTP:Rick.Oftel@toro.com]
 Sent:  Monday, February 10, 2003 3:48 PM
 To:    mba(a)thebarn.com; popcorn(a)ties2.net
 Subject:       Re: Brix
 One thing about being first, you can be dead wrong but you're still
 first!!  Personally, I think this is a great experiment to try just for
 kicks.  It would also be interesting to gather all the hydrometers and
 refractometers and see how well they are actually calibrated.
 Rick
 >> "Gregory Walsh"
&lt;popcorn(a)ties2.net&gt; 02/10/03 03:21PM >>>     Three experts 3
different answers. Is there a reliable formula or
 table for converting Brix to Specific Gravity?
 Greg