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RefractometerFGResults
LasttimeIwroteaboutrefractometryinbrewing,IhaddevelopedacorrelationfordeterminingFGsfromrefractometerreadingsthat,inmyownbrewing,seemedtobe
animprovementonthecorrelationusedin(tothebestofmyknowledge)allcontemporarybrewingsoftware,spreadsheets,etc.Atotalofeightbrewerinstrumentpairs
contributedadditionaldataforanalysis:sixvolunteersinadditiontomyself,usingbothmyowninstrumentsandthoseatthebrewery.Thedatasubmittedincludedfour
beerswithverylowattenuations,whichImsomewhatarbitrarilydefiningasanythingbelow50%RDF(61%ADF).Neithertheoldnornewcorrelationsgaveresults
evenclosetothemeasuredFGvalues.Iattemptedtoincorporatethesebeersintothecorrelation,butwasunabletomaintainaccuracyformoretypicalwortswhile
doingso.Removingthosebeersfromthedataresultsin68independenttriplets,whichwereusedtocomparethestandardrefractometercorrelationtotwocurvesfit
usingthesametwelvedatapointsasbefore.First,asimplifiedcubic:
FG=1.00000.0044993*RIi+0.011774*RIf+0.00027581*RIi0.0012717*RIf0.0000072800*RIi+0.000063293*RIf
Andalinearpolynomial:
FG=1.00000.00085683*RIi+0.0034941*RIf

Astatisticalanalysisoftheresultsmakesitclearjusthowinadequatetheoriginalcorrelationwas:itconsistentlyunderestimatestheFG,albeitnotasmuchasinmy
ownbrewing.Iassumethatsduetotheaverageattenuationinthecompletedataset(62%RDF)beingclosertothetypicalvaluesassumedbytheoldcorrelation,asI
notedinmyfirstpostonthesubject.Itisalsonoticeablylessprecisethaneventherelativelypoortriplescalehydrometersusedbymosthomebrewers,letalone
onedesignedforFGreadings.Interestingly,thelinearcorrelationismoreaccuratethanthecubic,albeitslightlylessprecise.Bothcomparefavorablytoaconsumer
gradehydrometerwhichwithperfectusecouldpotentiallybereadto0.0005SG.
Ifinditalittleeasiertounderstandwhenthedataarepresentedgraphically:

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Soitseemsthatwiththeexceptionofverylowattenuatingwortseitherofthenewcorrelationscanprovideaccuracyandprecisiononparwiththeconsumergrade
hydrometerstypicallyusedbyhomebrewers.Inasituationwhereanewcorrelationwasbeingsubstitutedfortheoldone,thecubicfitmaybepreferablesinceitonly
requiresthecoefficientstobealtered.Otherwise,inmyopinion,thelinearfitprovideswhollyacceptableresults.Asalways,though,yourmileagemayvary.Insituations
wheretheFGneedstobeknownprecisely,testingwithaproperlycalibratedprecisionhydrometerremainsthebestoption.
IveupdatedmyFGpredictionspreadsheettoversion3.0,which,inadditiontothetwonewcorrelations,incorporatesamoreaccurateBrixtoOGconversion,and
revertsthedefaultwortcorrectionfactorto1.04,whichwouldseemtobemoretypicalfortheoveralldataset.Downloadlinksarebelow.
Finally,IdliketothankDave,Enid,Gustav,James,Kai,andScottforrecordingandsharingtheirdata.

Update:06Jan2012
Ive(finally)writtenaPHPversionofthebasicFGcalculation,sothatpeoplecanuseitwithoutdownloadingthespreadsheet.

Spreadsheetdownload:
fg_calculator_v3.0.ods|fg_calculator_v3.0.xls
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ProcessLockdown:EquipmentListBrewingMagnumOpus
13Apr2016at19:59Reply

[...]acorrelationstudyperformedbySeanTerrellonusingaRefractometerformeasuringFG(SeanTerrel).ItusesalotofmaththatIwouldhavetroublefollowingif
Iwasdoingitonpaper.Ifit[...]

David

8Aug2016at19:14Reply
Thisappearstobeawonderfultool,ImawinemakerwhohasalwaysusedahydrometerformeasuringtheOGandFG(withalcohol).Iverecentlypurchaseda
refractometerhopingtobecomemoreacurateandrefinemyprocesses.Therefractometerseemstohavemuddiedthewatersorcausedmyconfussion.Willthe
formualsworkwithwineaswell?
Mywineexample,IhaveaFGwithalcoholwhichreads1.013withmyhydrometer,howevermyrefractometerreads11%Brixandwhenconvertedusingothersites
itputtheFGat1.004.Yournumbersappearclosetomyactualnumbers.Willtheyworkwithfinishedwine?
Thankyou,

webmaster

23Aug2016at11:03Reply
David,
Havingnottestedthecorrelationonanywines,Icantgiveadefinitiveanswer.Iveheardthattheoldcorrelationwasdevelopedoriginallyforvintners,but
yourattenuationlevelisclosertoatypicalbeer.Idguessthatinthatrangethenewcorrelationwouldgivebetterresults,butthatitwontworkaswellfordry
wines.Hopethathelps.
Sean

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