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snpm

yeah makes sense. Thanks Greg ..!

wrote:
> snpm wrote:
> > ........erm, I find the logic hard to swallow if its just that, dont
> > you? Why wouldnt you simply sanitise the instrument? You have to stick
> > SOMETHING in the must to get the sample, right?
>
> I normally use straws from fast food restaraunts as wine thiefs. They
> are extruded at high temperature and almost immediately enclosed in a
> paper or plastic wrapper. As such, they are unlikey to be a source of
> contamination. I draw out a few teaspoons into a wine glass and place
> the pH meter in the sample.
>
> You could, I suppose, sanitize the probe tip in a sulfite solution, but
> it is a sensitive instrument. I would rather just expose the probe to
> storage and calibration solutions, and to the must.
>
> There's nothing to be gained by placing the probe directly into the
> must, and since there are some possible risks, why bother?
>
> Greg G.