Quick Question

Oct 02, 2003 1 Replies

Today completed my second stage of fermentation of wine. I checked the hydrometer reading and it was 1.000.



Out of interest, I also checked the specific gravity of the wine with a clinical refractometer and it read 1.033. Thinking that my refractometer needed adjusting, I checked a distilled water reading which as it should be was 1.000.



Why the difference in readings for a clinical refractometer and hydrometer?


hydrometer?

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