Thank you to all who have contributed. With all the discussion posted until now, which reading do I ultimately trust?
1 - The hydrometer (i.e. post H.E.) - This is also negating the stratification I noticed at the fermenter's sightglass (very, very light at the top with the color increasing greatly approaching the cone). The sample port of our fermenter was positioned at the very top (probably less than a bbl) of the wort level...thinking back, the wort of this batch into the fermenter was ~64F while the hydrometer was rated for 68F. However, that still wouldn't correlate to the discrepancy between 1.078 (post H.E.) and 1.088 (flameout/whirlpool)
2 - The refractometer (i.e. pre knockout) - The readings I reported up until post knockout were all copacetic (and the numbers of our next batch all matched...both pre H.E. and post H.E.)
3 - Some educated guess between the pre and post H.E. readings...perhaps the wort was somewhere between to the two readings, say 1.082-1.084?
NOTE: Moving forward, I will grab a post-boil, hot side sample for use with a hydrometer...but perhaps someone else has some more feedback.
Thanks again,
Brent
Wet Ticket Brewing
1 - The hydrometer (i.e. post H.E.) - This is also negating the stratification I noticed at the fermenter's sightglass (very, very light at the top with the color increasing greatly approaching the cone). The sample port of our fermenter was positioned at the very top (probably less than a bbl) of the wort level...thinking back, the wort of this batch into the fermenter was ~64F while the hydrometer was rated for 68F. However, that still wouldn't correlate to the discrepancy between 1.078 (post H.E.) and 1.088 (flameout/whirlpool)
2 - The refractometer (i.e. pre knockout) - The readings I reported up until post knockout were all copacetic (and the numbers of our next batch all matched...both pre H.E. and post H.E.)
3 - Some educated guess between the pre and post H.E. readings...perhaps the wort was somewhere between to the two readings, say 1.082-1.084?
NOTE: Moving forward, I will grab a post-boil, hot side sample for use with a hydrometer...but perhaps someone else has some more feedback.
Thanks again,
Brent
Wet Ticket Brewing
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