Weights, Rates and sugar...

[Jhoss]

Not quite a bushel of Wickson. 37 lbs. Pressed out just a tad under 2 gallons. Hydrometer read 1054, Refractometer read 1058.

 

[silver_yummies]

What do those last 2 number mean?

 

[Jhoss]

There are two different tools that can measure specific gravity of a liquid...hydrometer and a refractometer. Since I brew beer and wine and now cider, if you can get this measurement before and after fermentation you can calculate alcohol by volume. Some apples contain a lot of sugar like 1070 or more. I hope to find which of mine will be the highest, lowest or just average.

 

[Jhoss]

A good honest bushel of Pixie Crunch weighs 44 lbs.

 

[Jhoss]

Today I picked, washed, Scratted and pressed:
Sundance, sugar at 1052
Dabinette, sugar at 1063
Zumi, sugar at 1084.

 

[sandbur]

My apple picking is done except for a few wickson. The trees by my house are picked and those along the swamps are left for the deer.


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