Measureing ABV%

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*MoonShine*

Measureing ABV%

Post by *MoonShine* »

What is the easiest method to measureing your abv% while distilling?

Filling a test tube every few minutes???
Uncle Remus
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Post by Uncle Remus »

Like this:
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Big J
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Post by Big J »

Here's some good links:

http://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.php/Eprouvette" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2437
http://bujapat.over-blog.com/album-121242.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1959

One helpful addition to the eprouvette that I can recommend would be a thermometer, to measure the temp of the distillate in the eprouvette. Then you could easily do your temp correction and you are good to go.

Cheers,
J
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Post by hornedrhodent »

="Uncle Remus"
Like this:
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Is that a plastic tube supplying the distillate to that thing? :(
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