OK,

I got around to doing this. Shining through the red wine from right to left
I can see the beam crossing the wine. If I shine towards myself I can see
the light but it is hazy.

The black cherry is a different story. Shining across I see nothing.
Amazingly though, the wine is so dark that shining towards me I also see no
light coming through at all!

"gene" wrote in message
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J Dixon wrote:
A bright light on the opposite side of the carboy is useful. Also siphon
a
bit off and put it in a glass remembering that the wine is generally
clearer
at the top.
John Dixon
"R-D-C" wrote in message
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Carrots?

Just kidding. I tried shining a torch through it but not sure what I am
looking for. I can see the torch through the wine but still am not sure

if

it is classed as clear or not. I am pretty new to this.


"Stephen SG" wrote in message
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How would one see at night.

Stephen SG
"R-D-C" wrote in message
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| Hi,
|
| how do people go about checking if their wines are clear? I have a

red

and
| a black cherry that are so dark I can't see through the jars. Any

tips

| anyone can give?
|
| Cheers
|
| R-D-C
|
|






on the opposite side? Shining a light in my face just makes me blind :-)

I put my bright, 'spotlight' beam of light perpendicular to where I'm
looking, and move the beam slowly from top to bottom of the carboy. If I
can see the light beam in the wine, then it's got some cloudiness.

Now for the 'more than you ever wanted to know' explanation...
Turbidity is the technical term for the clarity or lack thereof in a
liquid. And it is measured as the ratio of intensity of the light
scattered perpendicular to the beam divided by the intensity of the light
which passed through the liquid from the light source to the side opposite
of the beam (i.e. on-axis).

Gene