Last night, I did some testing with the refractometer. All tests were on the Brix scale. Using distilled water, the instrument was checked for zero. This reading was correctly displayed. Both the Shaoxing at 15% ABV and the Free wine at 0.0 ABV were tested with Brix values of 7.2 and 6.7...
My error. https://store.edenfoods.com/mirin-rice-cooking-wine/ is not a video. sorry. I will try my ShaoXing on the Brix scale. Also bought a bottle 0% ABV. Chardonnay at BevMo. Will chill and try tonight. The Kendall Jackson low-alcohol was $14.99 and still came in at 9.0% ABV. Didn't buy this one.
I watched the video this morning and didn't get that it was either funny or irresponsible - did I miss something?
Also went to Marina Grocery in Milpitas. They have a dizzying array of Shaoxing wines. Here's a small sampling.
OK, good point. Didn't have time to look at this today. The day today was devoted to another chemical problem, reducing the pungency of chopped fresh garlic in sauces for my wife's business. I mention this only in passing since I don't alert and get barked at by the Forum moderation police.
You...
Yes, my Shaoxing has 1.5% salt added; not potable. Geez, your chart is exactly what I expect though you are plotting Brix against wine fraction not PA against wine fraction. I will need to experiment more with my refractometer; didn't try it yesterday on the Brix scale.
Thanks for the WP...
I'm not exactly sure what you ended up with today. This is my bottle of Shaoxing:
Nearly all the bottles of the cooking variety have red and gold labels. Smells good but I wouldn't drink it.
Wow, sounds like you made the whirlwind tour today! And returned empty handed? What specifically couldn't you find? The potable Shaoxing?
I did receive the replacement refractometer - just tried it. in cal mode read 0.0 with the supplied distilled water. With the Shaoxing it read 4.0 on the PA...
BTW, I should have mentioned that Shaoxing comes two ways- cooking only with added salt and drinking or cooking style with no added salt. The Shaoxing with salt is a lower grade and runs $4-6 a bottle. Shaoxing for drinking $8 -20 a pop.
Aji Mirin is cheap and very commonly available and is...
They've been pushing the Heinekin 0.0 beer on TV. I wonder if you tried that one. Many papers and articles discuss controlling the fermentation process to dial in the alcohol level. Also though, factors like temperature, days with sun, rain, etc. affect the final product's alcohol level.
As far...
You know, I just cracked up when I saw your last response! LOL! No, she's a keeper. I am trying to address a larger audience. Maybe I don't need to, I don't know. The separating of food for consumption has grown to be, in my opinion, ridiculous. At the research lab I worked at before I retired...
Yeah, that's my question too. what do these systems do with the retentate. You are right, it's the rentent that I want. But, making this more complicated, there may be volatile aromatics in the permeate. that should be fractionally distilled off. How to determine this?
Thanks for the paper; it was very informative! Many ways to skin the proverbial cat. What was conspicuously absent though was a heat only methodology for alcohol reduction. The closest, which you have mentioned in prior posts, is vacuum distillation. The looming question for me is what to move...
Glad you enjoyed the story. :-) When I tell people that I have over 200 cookbooks in my library, yes, friends are astounded. Bargain table books was where many came from. Most of these are stuffed with mini post-it notes that denote recipes I plan to make, someday. :-) I've got to say that I...
This alcohol 'witch hunt' is somewhat convoluted and perverted. I started cooking when I was 7 years old. My heroes then were Julia Child and Joyce Chen. Both chefs used wines in their cooking; quite generously sometimes. As I have been cooking continuously over all these years, I never thought...
Hi,
Though I don't recall if I ever did this with a battery, there were times over my career when I was faced with needing to determine the internal resistance or impedance of a black box voltage source. For many cases, it is quite easy. First, measure the open circuit voltage of the source...