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Default Testing for TA

Bob,

Not every winemaker can go by taste, intuition or experience
like you may. So for those of us who can't measuring is they way to go.

luc

wrote:

> My question is, why would you even need to know the TA?? I haven't
> done a TA in 8 years and my wines seem to turn out fine.
>
> Bob
>
> On Jul 27, 10:09Â*pm, Dick Heckman > wrote:
>> I'm confused. Â*I've read 3 test procedures and gotten 3 ways to do the
>> test. Â*Lum says to multiply the ml of naoh by 1.5. Jeff Cox says divide
>> by 2 and somebody posted a procedure here from the Wine Thief which I
>> copied some time ago which says the the amount used is the TA in
>> ml/1000. Â*Help!
>>
>> Dick


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