Alcohol and Extract Meter for Beer: Alex 500 by Anton Paar

The reliable lab-grade analyzer determines your beer’s alcohol and extract content, calories, degree of fermentation and many more typical beer parameters whenever you wish. Now easily able to monitor your entire production from wort to bottle, you can always be sure your bottles contain what their labels say: With Alex 500, you always keep your customer promise.


Features:

Patented technology

• 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 extract content as well as other typical beer parameters
• Quality, pure and simple, from the world’s leading provider of density and alcohol measurement in the brewing industry

Certainty from fermentation monitoring to final quality control

• Two operation modes: fermentation monitor mode and standard mode
• Display of fermentation curves based on density measurement (apparent extract), assigned to a tank via sample ID
• Measurement of alcohol and extract content in final production stages

More than a hydrometer replacement

• Covers the entire beer measuring range
• Provides direct, real-time results at all times, without any separate calculation or distillation
• Documentation and perfect traceability of measured data
• Wireless printout of data via Bluetooth or data transfer to a PC
• Robust, low-maintenance and easy to clean

Quick and intuitive operation

• Simple, standardized sample preparation
• Unique sample naming
• Storage of customized measuring methods
• Automatic filling of sample via integrated peristaltic pump
• Easy adjustment with deionized water