[Noisebridge-discuss] Know anyone with a gas chromatograph/spectrograph and/or able to measure caloric levels in alcohol?

[Frantisek Apfelbeck]

Hello Gian,

Very interesting project! Could you keep me posted? 


Concerning the caloric levels he may try to do HPLC which will qualitatively and quantitative say what compounds are present, I've done it with sugars which are the major caloric value in the spirits to my knowledge. The machines range in tenths of thousands of dollars and you need laboratory set up to carry this research through. I wonder what was the name of the biotech place which was starting up in SF area last year? That one would be probably good to check for gear. It was not Biocurious was it?

http://biocurious.org/?title=Main_Page


Sincerely,

Frantisek



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From: Gian Pablo Villamil <gian.pablo at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] Know anyone with a gas chromatograph/spectrograph and/or able to measure caloric levels in alcohol?


Hey, a friend of mine is doing an interesting project involving measuring stats for different kinds of alcoholic beverages, I was wondering if there was anyone in the NB community who might be interested/qualified/equipped for this.

The first thing is measuring the levels of methyl alcohols in different spirits, for which apparently a gas chromatograph or spectrograph is needed. Anyone here have one of those, or know someone who does/has access to one?

The second thing is measuring the caloric levels in different spirits. Not sure how this is done. Anyone out there qualified to do this? (I think drinking the stuff and then weighing yourself is probably not precise enough).

If you can do the first and/or second things there is a paid gig in this.

Let me know...
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