Distillery Instruments

distillery instruments, commercial distillation, temperature tolerant yeast and Wine industry supplies.

We supply quality instruments from Germany. Our range is mostly aimed for smaller distilleries, since larger distilleries generally have their own supply of instruments or large laboratories with gascromatography etc. If you have a local small distillery or a micro distillery, you can manage with those instruments. The alcohol meters only measure mixtures of alcohol and water by recalculate the s.g. to a alcohol % scale.

Maximum thermometer +10 - +100C

Excellent accuracy. This thermometer shows the highest temperature achieved and stays there. Then one has to "shake" or "whip" the mercury down again, like with a fever thermometer. With this thermometer one can watch to see that the temperature in the fermentation does not reach killing temperature or pass "quality" temperature when fermenting wash or a base for alcoholic beverages. A good instrument for old traditional distilleries without the latest technology to make sure that the mash does not reach killing temperature. Length 20 cm.

Minimum - maximum wall thermometer

For room temperature. Check coldest and warmest temperature. Very good for monitoring air temperature in distilleries without fermentation cooling systems, to avoid reaching the killing temperature in the mash.

Distillation thermometer -10 - +110C

Calibrated at 78C. 1/1 accuracy. Length 25 cm.

Distillation thermometer+50 - +100C

1/5 accuracy (0.2C). Length 30 cm.

Specific Gravity hydrometer with Oechslescale

To check s.g. when fermentation starts, monitor fermentation and check to see that the mash ferments out. Length 30 cm.

Alcoholmeter 0-100%, 1/1 graduation

This aerometer measures the alcohol relatively well. It is one of the best 0-100% alcoholmeters in the world, German made, 30 cm long so the scale is long enough for good reading. Calibrated at 20C. Length 30 cm.

Alcoholmeter 30-60%, 1/1 graduation

This alcoholmeter gives a very accurate reading if the alcohol is 20C in temperature. This works fine for small distilleries. Length 30 cm.

Alcoholmeter 30-60% with thermometer, 1/1 graduation

This alcoholmeter gives a very accurate reading. Read the alcohol percentage. Check the temperature of the thermometer. For every 1C over 20C, decrease the alcohol content with 0.2%. For every 1C under 20C, increase the alcohol content with 0.2%. Length 30 cm.

Note: this calculation only works for this alcohol meter. Because alcohol meters have different lengths, weight and widths, there are individual correction tables for each of them.

Alcoholmeter 0-30% 30 cm

For local distilleries that have no gascromatography and want to check alcohol content in mash. Take 250 ml mash, distill over half, fill up with water to the original 250 ml and then measure the alcohol/water mix. Length 30 cm.

Test jar 250 ml, long

A good jar for the alcohol meters above. Long enough for 30 cm instruments.

Alcoholmeter 35-45%, large distillery alcoholmeter with thermometer

Very accurate, German top quality. Same as used (certified) by government for official control in Germany and other countries. 40 cm long. Calibrated at 20C, accuracy 1/10%. Read the alcohol percentage and the temperature, then look it up in the correction table and get the absolute accurate percentage.