Out of curiosity, why aren't you filling the carboys to the top? My carboys
all have their volume marked on the bottom & if you fill them up you always
get the same amount of wine (30 bottles from a 23 litre carboy)


"A. J. Rawls" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 15:03:25 +0000 (UTC),
> (Dr. Richard E. Hawkins) wrote:
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> >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 . . .
> >
> >hawk
>
> Someone at your school has a calibrated measure.... Find it and use
> it to mark your vessels.
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