Making my first mead now! I've done many homebrew beer batches but I have no experience with wine or mead.
Original sugar reading was 24.2 Brix.
I just took another reading (2 days after pitching) and got 22 Brix.
Using this online calculator with those values:
http://www.brewersfriend.com/refractometer-calculator/
... and it told me I have a negative amount of alcohol...?
How do I know when it's done? I know with beer that when you get under FG 1.02 it's probably winding down, but what is the analogous "done" point for Brix?
Original sugar reading was 24.2 Brix.
I just took another reading (2 days after pitching) and got 22 Brix.
Using this online calculator with those values:
http://www.brewersfriend.com/refractometer-calculator/
... and it told me I have a negative amount of alcohol...?
How do I know when it's done? I know with beer that when you get under FG 1.02 it's probably winding down, but what is the analogous "done" point for Brix?