HAND REFRACTOMETER INSTRUCTIONS
COMPONENTS
1. Prism
2. Cover Plate
3. Setting Screw
4. Mirror Tube
5. Eye (adjustment ring of
dioptre)
INSTRUCTION FOR USE
Putting it simply, a refractometer will allow you to take an accurate gravity reading of
your wort. It does this with just a few drops of the wort which means less waste.
Before using your refractometer be sure to calibrate it (see below).
After lifting the clear plate which covers the lens, add a couple of drops of your wort
to the lens. Gently press the cover plate back down on the lens which should spread
the drops of wort uniformly across it.
Then point your refractometer toward a light source and look through the eye piece
to get your reading.
Calibrating your refractometer