rrogerstwo
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I have been using a refractometer for 6-8 batches of beer now. I use my BeerSmith software to correct the readings and also calibrate it with distilled water. I am reading the new BYO magazine and in the "techniques" section this month they talk about using a Refractometer. In the last part of the paragraph, it says the drawbacks to using this tool is that they do not work with aqueous ethanol solutions, or when there are suspended solids present in the liquid, so they are not useful for checking beer or fermenting wort. My question is do the corrections for a refractometer in BeerSmith work or should I use aHydrometer instead. I like the refractometer since I don't have to draw large samples everytime I want to check gravity. Thanks