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Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1500, 17 November 2010
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Mead Lover's Digest #1500 17 November 2010
Mead Discussion Forum
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Re: Introduction and question... etc (Mike Faul)
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Subject: Re: Introduction and question... etc
From: Mike Faul <mfaul@faul.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:18:17 -0800
(several answers to multiple responses)
Your vinometer is useless unless the wine is absolutely dry. Period.
You can use a hydrometer but ideally you need one that is graduated with
very fine graduations. I use four that are broken down into three major
ranges and on lower range that is much more accurate. Also, a
hydrometer won't give you an accurate reading at 20% abv either as they
are not calibrated for solutions with alcohol either.
I also use an ebulliometer for final alcohol measurement as well a lab
distillation setup for much more accurate determination. If you have
$20-30K kicking around you can get yourself an Anton-Paar setup like
this
http://www.anton-paar.com/Alcohol-Meters/59_Corporate_en?productgroup_id=9
Regarding the correct terminology, brewing, making etc are all okay. I
don't think there is a proper word and certainly I wouldn't complain if
anyone asked me if I 'brew' 'vint' or 'make' mead. If I use extract to
brew a braggot, I'm not 'extracting' so is it brewing or making?
Either way who cares? Just keep on making mead or variants of mead and
have fun.
Mike
rabbit's foot meadery
http://www.rabbitsfootmeadery.com
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