Ever since Big Brew day I have been meaning to send this note. A few people seemed surprised to learn you could buy a cheap but good refractometer for ~$25 including shipping. I have one of these and it is the same thing as the one we were using that day which someone had paid more like $50 for. These are metal, have ATC auto temperature correction (I think because of the metal body?), a hard case, many pipettes, and all you need. You can see an example here: http://cgi.ebay.com/25-Alcohol-40-Brix-Refractometer-ATC-Sugar-Wine-beer_W0… Or search for the text: Brix Refractometer ATC Sugar Wine beer It will come to about $23 including shipping, so that's not a bad price for a cool tool. cheers, don _____________________________________________________________ Click now to choose from thousands of designs for your checks! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3m7AkaKYGboMZghgWN9J93wY6…