How to measure degrees in homemade wine and its strength?
Wine is a drink, which does not belong to low-alcohol, if cooked properly. the fortress is possible control, and experienced winemakers know how to do it. However, if this purchase will pass, in which the fortress of wine is often overtaken by chemicals, and it is harmful to health. Another thing is homemade wine. Only natural products are delicious, useful. Sometimes it is necessary to give the drink the appropriate degree, and for this it must be measured. How to do it?
How to measure the strength of house wine?
Anyone, engaged in winemaking, at home there are such small helpers as an alcohol meter and a hydrometer. These are special measuring devices, designed for that, to find out, how many degrees in an alcoholic beverage. They are similar to a conventional thermometer, but the scale of distribution is different and their structure is slightly different. They may be slightly different - in the first case it is a device (alcohol meter), which accurately measures all the evidence, and does not require additional effort in calculations, how many degrees in the drink. But there are some (hydrometer), on which exact results can be obtained only by subtraction. Alcohol meter is used in home brewing, hydrometer in home winemaking.
There is a table of the fortress, in which all values are registered. It can be used to determine the alcohol percentage in wine after comparison with the results on hydrometers.
Table of the ratio of density and alcohol content in wine
An ancient way of measuring the strength of wine to taste
They have been engaged in home winemaking for many years, and of course, that no measuring instruments in ancient times it was not yet developed. How to determine the degree of alcohol? Very simple - to taste. When a man drank very little and got drunk, that is, good wine is strong, and if he drinks, and it is like juice, then there is not enough alcohol and it should be slightly increased without much effort.
How to check the strength during cooking?
Determining the degree is possible at the time of cooking. When a winemaker makes sourdough and puts it to ferment, then after a while it becomes visible, whether degrees have already begun to appear in the wine. There is a specific smell of alcohol and foam on the surface. Another old-fashioned way would be a medical rubber glove with a hole. It is used as follows: put on a jar with sourdough and when it inflates - the wine is hot and ready for further procedures until the full preparation of a clean drink.
This is considered to be the best fortress, which will not affect the taste in any way, will not change for the worse. In domestic guilt, it should not exceed 15 degrees (alcohol may be added to such fortified wines), but should not be lower 5. What should be the wine content of alcohol - is decided before cooking, namely at the initial stage of preparation of the mixture for fermentation . It depends on the amount of sugar and the time of its fermentation at home, rather than factory conditions.
With very little effort, then a good product will definitely come out. The most important thing for a winemaker is to put his soul into his wine, then it will be truly healing and beneficial for that, who drinks it.