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R M Watkin R M Watkin is offline
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Default wine grape analyses with frozen musts

Hi, Thank you.
"gene" > wrote in message
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>R M Watkin wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> "Lee" > wrote in message
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>>> 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).


Thank you I have never heard it called that before.

Richard M. Watkin.