Winemaking alcohol content

[agregory]

Hi everyone,

Can anyone advise the best and easiest way of determining the alcohol content of wine?
Teachers don't want to titrate or use a hydrometer..........

[Rowyrow]

http://www.winegrowers.info/wine_making/Alcohol.htm this site may help? distillationa nd use of hydrometer seem to be the norm

[Xenon]

Gas chromatography using 1-propanol as an internal standard, but you'll need a GC.

[Ian]

taste test????

cheers
Ian

[merilyn]

I'm coming too, Ian

[matchstick]

read the label..............

[linotas]

read the label..............

[smiley]

Nette,

We did this last term as a huge EEI. Frankly, there's no alternative to a hydrometer that is worth it! Tell your teacher he's dreaming (or she).

I went to the local brew shop and got a bunch of home-brew-specific hydrometers, which made life fairly easy. Dairy Farmers also sold me a bunch of empty 1-litre bottles to do the brews in, and we just scaled down the recipe.

[agregory]

Thanks everyone,

We make our wine in fermenting jars. Don't know why the teachers don't want to use the hydrometers. Possibly because they missed a step and didn't take a SG reading before???......

We got an alcometer from a brew shop and they've used that. They wanted a vinometer which are cheap $12, but hard to get hold of quickly.

Thanks again everyone!

Annette.

[agregory]

[currallee]

Ebuiliometer is the best way with dry wines especially. Rather expensive to buy about $1000 from a winemaking supplier.

[jem]

Alcohol content by distillation http://www.monashscientific.com.au/Alco ... lation.htm Works every time.