Alcohol and extract meter: Alex 500
Key features
Visual fermentation monitoring
- The special fermentation monitor mode enables you to keep an eye on 40 ongoing fermentations at the same time
- Display of fermentation curves based on density measurement (apparent extract), assigned to a tank via sample ID
- New measuring values are automatically added to the chart shown on the large display
- Helps you prevent your product’s fermentation getting stuck or proceeding too quickly and allows you to immediately react to undesired deviations.
Measurement of alcohol and extract content
- Measure alcohol and extract towards the end of your beverage’s fermentation.
- Find out how your beverage changes during blending with flavors or bottle fermentation.
- Helps you keep your beverage’s taste and quality stable from batch to batch
- Provides the basis for correct calculation of your taxes
- Proves that your bottles contain what their labels say
Perfect documentation and traceability of data
- Storage of fermentation charts for 40 different sample IDs with up to 100 data sets each
- Additional storage for 1000 alcohol and extract measurements in standard mode
- Wireless printout of data via Bluetooth®
- Data transfer to a PC (cable in scope of supply)
Standardized sample handling for intuitive operation
- Simple, standardized sample preparation
- Turbidity warning alerts you in case your sample requires additional filtration
- Unique sample naming
- Storage of customized measuring methods for different beverage types
- Automatic filling of sample via integrated peristaltic pump
- Easy adjustment with deionized water
Suitable for beer, wine, cider, spirits, liqueurs, and sake
- Craft beer: measures samples from bright lager to deep black stouts, from bock beer to light beer, and even beer mixtures
- Wine: ready for red, white, and rosé wines, sparkling and still, bottle- or tank-fermented products
- Spirits & liqueurs: measures your high-proof alcohol – from spirits aged in wooden barrels to liqueurs with a sugar content of up to 450 g/L
- Cider: ready for dry apple wines, traditional cider, and flavored cider mixtures
- Sake: get a snapshot of the alcohol and extract present in your sake product – without the need for distillation.
Patented alcohol measuring technology that makes your life easier
- Patented combination of absorption measurement via NIR spectroscopy and density measurement based on the oscillating U-tube technology
- Comprehensive statistical model for determination of alcohol and total extract content
- Quality, pure and simple, from the world’s leading provider of density and alcohol measurement in the wine industry
- Covers the entire relevant measuring range
- Provides direct, real-time results at all times, without any separate calculation or distillation
