HYDROMETER Wine Ingredients

Basic facts:

Volume of 1 kg dissolved sugar = 0,63 litres

Weight of 1 litre of dissolved sugar = 1,59 kg

Volume of 1 kg extract = 0,63 litres

Weight of 1 litre of dissolved extract = 1,59 kg

Weight of 1 litre alcohol = 0,8 kg (800 grammes).

Weight of 1 litre of water = 1 kg (1 000 grammes)

Wine comprises:

Residual sugar

2-5% (20-50 grammes/litre) extract (unfermented residues such as
colour, taste, vegetable matter, aromatics)

Alcohol

Water

Example, a white wine with 10% alcohol:

Residual sugar 17 ml 27 grammes sugar (17 x 1.59) Extract 3% 19 ml 30 grammes extract (19 x 1.59) Alcohol 100 ml 80 grammes (100 x 0.08) Water 864 ml 864 grammes This gives 1 001 grammes, i.e., 1 grammes over 1 kg = +1 degree on the hydrometer

27 grammes 30 grammes 80 grammes 86 4 grammes 1 001 grammes 1 grammes over 1 kg = +1 degree on the hydrometer (with Oechslescale)