Answers.Body: <p>Vinometers don't work on beer or wine with residual sugars. You need to use a hydrometer. Vinometers only works with dry wine.</p>
  
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Body: <p>My initial SG was 1.090 and now reads 1.026, this should give me an ABV between 8.4% and 9% but the vinometer is reading 16%, and I have a stuck fermentation with Montrechat (Premier Rouge) yeast (max 13%).</p>
  
  <p>So obviously the vinometer is lying right?</p>
  
Tags: <wine><yeast>
Title: Vinometer reads 16% while SG says that can't be possible
UserDisplayName: Justin Alexander
ThreadText: # Vinometer reads 16% while SG says that can't be possible
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-26)
  
  My initial SG was 1.090 and now reads 1.026, this should give me an ABV between 8.4% and 9% but the vinometer is reading 16%, and I have a stuck fermentation with Montrechat (Premier Rouge) yeast (max 13%).
  
  So obviously the vinometer is lying right?
  
  **Tags:** wine, yeast
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-26. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  Vinometers don't work on beer or wine with residual sugars. You need to use a hydrometer. Vinometers only works with dry wine.
  
  
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