tonny
May 9, 2021, 3:47pm
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Hi, I just made my first mead. The FW reading however look … well, a negative value i would say.
In which case I ended up with already 18%. I checked it with plain water, the it reads zero, so that part looks okay.
Can someone explain/tell a bit more on the reading i got ?? I don’t think it failed, it does not taste bad, but clearly needs aging.
Honey is very fermentable… Nothing left behind, well almost nothing… except alcohol… which in turn “thins out” the water causing the hydrometer to float up higher…
Sink deeper I think you mean.
Archimedes' principle states that the upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. Archimedes' principle is a law of physics fundamental to fluid mechanics. It was formulated by Archimedes of Syracuse.
In On Floating Bodies, Archimedes suggested that (c. 246 BC):
Any object, totally or partially immersed in a fluid or liquid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid d...
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Yes, thank you for correcting me…
Haha. I had to go look at my hydrometer to confirm. Because of my Tilt I haven’t used it in over a year.
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tonny
May 10, 2021, 5:20am
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good answers and a laugh! Thnx !!
