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Dr. Richard E. Hawkins
 
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Default carboy size madness continues

In article >,
A. J. Rawls > wrote:
>On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 15:03:25 +0000 (UTC),
>(Dr. Richard E. Hawkins) wrote:


>>Argh. I've *got* to find a way to calibrate my carboys to figure out
>>exactly where 5 & 6 gallons are (particularly 6).


>>After 6 gallons (an all juice batch) produced a 5 gallon + 4 bottles
>>last week, last night it was 5 gallons and not much more than a bottle
>>(but this was a concentrate batch).


>>I need to find a reasonable, preferably cheap, way to figure the size.


>>I wonder if milk is an exact measure? I do get 6 gallons at once each
>>week . . .


>Someone at your school has a calibrated measure.... Find it and use
>it to mark your vessels.


I'll check with our chemistry professor. Yep, we're so small that
there's only one . . .

hawk
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