And I would've failed maths (even more than I did) if I'd called that wonky thing Michael's doing an "angle", let alone 45°, nothing is perfect in life.
I’m pretty sure he’s using a Brix meter, which provides a measurement in degrees of brix. Essentially lets the winemaker know how much sugar is in the grapes
Changes in Brix does not slways correlate exactly with sugar content as other soluable solids are included in reading. Things like carotinoids etc. A little something to pay attention too when comparing varieties.
I guess it's the alcohol by volume, sometimes called "degrees" (in France it's the most common term). 45 is quite a lot for wine though, but it could be for liqueur (people with actual knowledge corrected me below, it is actually degree Oeschle, which indicates the density of sugar in grape)
Did you talk about the alcohol volume, or the Oechsle scale ? I was thinking the same as you in terms of numbers, but someone corrected me. Fun to learn about it on Fediverse rather than in the vineyards, but i'll be sleeping less dumb anyway !
After googling a little I learned that the scale we used is called Brix. One of my tasks in the winery was to take samples of grape juice and register the sugar content using a refractometer similar to the one on the picture.
Before 1967, the unit was called "degrees Kelvin" and was written as "°K", so you still might see "°K" in old publications or text written by people who never heard of the newer convention.
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Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 94 pts · 269d
45 degrees in Fahrenheit is above freezing point tho.
NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org · 44 pts · 269d
I slightly like to exaggerate, a lot....
Agent641@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 268d
45 degrees C is an average summer day here.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 268d
Yeah I was tempted to comment on that too, 45 degrees in dry heat and under shade isn’t too bad.
thejml@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 268d
Even better with a frozen margarita.
Aganim@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 267d
Try the Dutch climate. Here everything above 28 degrees C is, in my opinion, unbearable.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 267d
No way that sounds very hot.
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 9 pts · 268d
And I would've failed maths (even more than I did) if I'd called that wonky thing Michael's doing an "angle", let alone 45°, nothing is perfect in life.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 268d
yeah that's running in shorts weather 😂
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 268d
Not in Texas.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 268d
That's when we bring the horses inside the house and pull out the first winter brisket.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 268d
Horse goes in. Brisket comes out.
....
....
Horse comes back out clacking metal tongs together, shouting, "yeah, well that dumb cow was an asshole!"
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 268d
My friend!!!
And you already know.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 267d
Ho-la friend-o! <3
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 78 pts · 268d
exothermic@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 268d
I’m pretty sure he’s using a Brix meter, which provides a measurement in degrees of brix. Essentially lets the winemaker know how much sugar is in the grapes
The_v@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 268d
Slight clarification
A brix meter measures soluable solids in the juice. A major portion of which is sugar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brix
Changes in Brix does not slways correlate exactly with sugar content as other soluable solids are included in reading. Things like carotinoids etc. A little something to pay attention too when comparing varieties.
Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 24 pts · 268d
I guess it's the alcohol by volume, sometimes called "degrees" (in France it's the most common term). 45 is quite a lot for wine though, but it could be for liqueur (people with actual knowledge corrected me below, it is actually degree Oeschle, which indicates the density of sugar in grape)
JASN_DE@feddit.org · 23 pts · 268d
No. It's "degree Oechsle", a measurement for the sugar content of fresh grape juice
Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 12 pts · 268d
Damn, you're exactly right ! Guess my drunkard ass cannot think outside of booze.
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 268d
45 degrees in cartography:
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 267d
I literally crossed it today, albeit on another continent than the one pictured here.
blackbrook@mander.xyz · 17 pts · 268d
45 degrees in time is about 1:08
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 14 pts · 267d
45° in Kelvin: ☝️🤓 Actually it's not degrees Kelvin, just Kelvin
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 267d
45 degrees in Czech Republic: Probably the strongest beer you've ever tasted.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 269d
That's pretty high for grapes.
JASN_DE@feddit.org · 6 pts · 269d
70 to 80 is the usual lower range.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 269d
I guess I was using a different scale when I worked at the winery. Never saw anything above 20.
Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 2 pts · 268d
Did you talk about the alcohol volume, or the Oechsle scale ? I was thinking the same as you in terms of numbers, but someone corrected me. Fun to learn about it on Fediverse rather than in the vineyards, but i'll be sleeping less dumb anyway !
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 268d
After googling a little I learned that the scale we used is called Brix. One of my tasks in the winery was to take samples of grape juice and register the sugar content using a refractometer similar to the one on the picture.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 268d
Oechsle is sugar content. 80 is average for the less sweet breeds. 45° is... maybe water melon.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 268d
I thought it was Brix, in retrospect, 45° brix is absurdly high for any fruit juice.
MissJinx@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 267d
45 in celsius is just beach time not fire
ZombieMantis@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 267d
And 45 in Fahrenheit is just cool, light jacket weather.
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 267d
45°F is 7.2°C. That's 4°C higher than the temperature this evening.
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 268d
What about kelven?
JASN_DE@feddit.org · 21 pts · 268d
Kelvin does not use the degree sign. Its simply "x Kelvin".
folekaule@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 268d
Because Kelvin is an absolute unit
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 268d
👏
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 268d
Til.
Venat0r@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 265d
Before 1967, the unit was called "degrees Kelvin" and was written as "°K", so you still might see "°K" in old publications or text written by people who never heard of the newer convention.
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 6 pts · 268d
Tried, but things got so slow the picture hasn't made it here yet.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 3 pts · 269d
*Chemistry mein Guter
NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org · 2 pts · 269d
Just got it...