im using a vinometer
it looks like a thermometer with a funal but it works on capilary action on the liquide in the open tube
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You can check the alcohol content of your beer, wine or turbo yeast wash if you have a start reading and a current (or final) reading.
Example:
Start reading = 1075
Current reading = 998
The alcohol (by volume) is simply the number of fermented units (start-current) divided by 7.4.
Alcohol =
(1075-998) / 7.4 = 77 / 7.4 = 10.4 %
This is of course the final alcohol content if your brew has stopped fermenting. To find out if it has, simply check specific gravity with 1-2 days in between. If you have 998 (or whatever the value is) during several days your fermentation is over.
IMPORTANT: This fomula will only work if you do not add water, sugar or anything else during fermentation.
it looks like a thermometer with a funal but it works on capilary action on the liquide in the open tube
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid...r&_sacat=0
copyed from here
http://www.hambletonbard.com/how-to-make...shine.html
You can check the alcohol content of your beer, wine or turbo yeast wash if you have a start reading and a current (or final) reading.
Example:
Start reading = 1075
Current reading = 998
The alcohol (by volume) is simply the number of fermented units (start-current) divided by 7.4.
Alcohol =
(1075-998) / 7.4 = 77 / 7.4 = 10.4 %
This is of course the final alcohol content if your brew has stopped fermenting. To find out if it has, simply check specific gravity with 1-2 days in between. If you have 998 (or whatever the value is) during several days your fermentation is over.
IMPORTANT: This fomula will only work if you do not add water, sugar or anything else during fermentation.