Mead Lovers Digest #1500

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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 

Contents: 
  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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