Refractometers and temperature compensation

[RichardM]

Brewing is so entrenched in it's use of "apparent" SG that going with anything else will cause confusion. As does "apparent" and "real" attenuation. You just need to stick with the accepted measures unless some radical change takes place (unlikely).

My labels always say "aprox" after an ABV figure!

 

[peebee]

My labels always say "aprox" after an ABV figure!

Yeah! I don't label my beers, but I look at the kegs and think "well they 'apparently' hold beer, I wonder if it's 'really' beer?". Perhaps I should go along with your example and label them as "approximately beer"?

 

[Edison]

I’d be interested to see how the FG I measure at kegging compares to a measurement couple of months later in the keg!