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Hydrometer question

1 year ago | Anonymous ()

I have a stevenson hydrometer. A reading of 1072 would indicate if fermenation was taken down to 1000 of a alcohol level of 12% however, the online calculators seem to offer around the 9.5% mark. Where am I going wrong?

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Nath:
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator

I worked it out to be around 9.5% og - fg devided by 7.39 should give you about that value. How were you getting that figure?

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Anonymous:
Posted 1 year ago by

Hi Nath, well... Reading around the the side of the Hydrometer reads across from 1072 bring you to a potential alcohol reading of 12%....
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Nath:
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator

I wonder if that is for wines, which normally ferment below 1.000. In that case 1072 - 985 / 7.39 = 11.77%

thats the only thing I can think of at the mo

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Anonymous:
Posted 1 year ago by

Here is the type of hydrometer http://www.boskbeer.com/USERIMAGES/hydrometer.jpg