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["Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>]

mIEKAL
 Alcohol in wine is tested with a vinometer, and in other with a Proof 
meter. Both and much other testers and equipment are available. You can also 
tell by the saccrometer what you alcohol will end up at if it goes to 11% If 
over the yeast will usually be killed. that is how you get a sweet wine. Dry 
wines supposedly will not give you those nasty headaches the next day if you 
over do it. It is sweet wines that do. And I used to love Sweet, Sweet 
cherry wine.  I would have to check out my test equiptment and books to give 
more specific info.
Gordon C. Nofs
Flint, MI.

----Original Message Follows----
From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Wine to Vinegar
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:36:00 -0500


This is a problem, I havent given up drinking but I dont really drink a lot 
of wine or
alcohol....  with 15 gallons of elderberry wine sitting in my wine cellar 
from last year & a lot
more wines on the way, its becoming increasingly difficult justifying making 
such a volume of
wine.  But each year I make it, I learn more about winemaking & I love 
making use of the
products of our gardens..

how do you measure the alcohol content Gordon?  that shows you want a 
primitive state my skills
are at.  oh well, it still tastes good to me.   mIEKAL



Gordon Nofs wrote:

> Oh yes I quit drinking and smoking over 40 years
> ago. Finally gave all my wine and barreled alcohol that was over 25 years
> aged to a brother in law. about 10 years ago. There were at least 22
> gallons. some of the alcohol checked out at 160. Now to find someone "in 
the
> family" that would like all the test equiptment, jugs 5 gal, cappers,
> corkers etc to.

--
mIEKAL aND
dtv@mwt.net

Dreamtime Village http://www.dreamtimevillage.org

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