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Default wine grape analyses with frozen musts

R M Watkin wrote:
> Hi All,
> "Lee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I've always had difficulty getting reliable results when I test my
>> frozen musts for pH, TA, SG, and Brix. It seems that my values often
>> don't match the values listed by the suppliers. I recently read that
>> you can't rely on testing for frozen musts. Has anyone else noticed
>> this? If so, do you find the values are artificially too high or too
>> low? Is there a pattern? That is, should I assume that my TA values,
>> for example, are too high?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Lee

>
> What isBrix?.
>
> Richard M. Watkin.
>
>

Brix is percent by weight of sugars in the must, measured with a
refractometer or with a hygrometer. It is related to SG (specific gravity).