How Useful Are Clinitest Tablets? | Winemaking Talk
Jan 17, 2011 · I have found winemaking references that recommend the use of Clinitest tablets to determine if your wine is dry. It is a measure of residual sweetness. Prior to dip sticks, Clinitest …
Residual Sugar Testing - Winemaking Talk
Feb 20, 2022 · All my materials show people using Clinitest tablets and using a color chart. But Bayer discontinued these and it seems urine analysis home kits are going to dip sticks vs …
Life of Clinitest tablets | Winemaking Talk - Winemaking, Grape …
Jun 26, 2011 · Hi all, Could someone comment about the useful life of the Clinitest tablets that come 36 or 100 per bottle versus the individually wrapped tablets that you can get from …
Is my hydrometer off? | Winemaking Talk - Winemaking, Grape …
Sep 18, 2023 · What the Clinitest result is telling you, is the amount of sugar/glucose in the liquid being tested. It's not meant for winemaking, it will do the same in a sugar and water solution. …
How to Measure Residual Sugar? - Winemaking Talk
Jun 29, 2013 · Use a clinitest to measure sugar I agree. The physics of a hydrometer with anything other than pure water get very complicated. Not worth the effort between alcohol, and …
Specific gravity and sugar content | Winemaking Talk
May 27, 2024 · I’m trying to figure out how much sugar is actually in my wines. As far as I can find: The SG of alcohol (ethanol) at 11% ABV is 0.984 Water with an SG of 1.010 has 26g/l …
Residual Sugar Testing | Winemaking Talk - Winemaking, Grape …
Oct 25, 2016 · I was on Vinmetrica’s website to order som fresh reagents and saw they have a new kit available for residual sugar. The description on the site breaks down all the ins and …
What to do now with my Cabernet? | Winemaking Talk
Mar 15, 2024 · Clinitest showed less than 0.50 brix (not sure when we actually reached end of fermentation - could have been 9/5) Tasted maybe a little vinegar (vs strong malic acid flavor) …
Residual sugar | Winemaking Talk - Winemaking, Grape Growing …
Dec 4, 2015 · Used clinitest tablets to measure residual sugar (after sulfites addition which happened a week ago) and got a reading of 1 percent . What does that mean? Am I going to …
Brix vs. SG | Winemaking Talk - Winemaking, Grape Growing
May 21, 2014 · I occasionally use the Clinitest but I find it hard sometimes matching up colors. I am confident in achieving the right rs I am looking for when adding sugar, but sometimes I like …