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Chemical Analysis

For: Juice, Wine, Wort, Beer, Cider, Other.
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Auto Titrator
Description: Precise measurement of essential pre-fermentation and finished product parameter.
Recommended use: Maturity sampling, pre-ferment, finished product.
For: Juice, Wine, Wort, Beer, Cider, Other.
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Auto Titrator
Description: Precise measurement of essential pre-fermentation and finished product parameter.
Recommended use: Maturity sampling, pre-ferment, finished product.
For: Juice, Wine, Wort, Beer, Cider, Other.
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method - Auto Titrator
Description: Precise measurement of essential pre-fermentation and finished product parameter.
Recommended use: Maturity sampling, pre-ferment, finished product.
For: Wine, Beer, Cider, Spirits.
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: NIR Anton Paar
Description: Precise measurement of alcohol by volume.
Recommended use: In process or finished product.
For: Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 5 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA)
Description: Precise measurement of volatile acidity as acetic acid g/l.
Recommended use: To indicate spoilage for in-process or finished product.
For: Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 5 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA)
Description: Precise measurement of glucose + fructose (RS) g/l
Recommended use: To measure residual sugar for in-process and finished product.
For: Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA)
Description: Precise measurement of sucrose + glucose + fructose (Total RS where sucrose might be present) g/l.
Recommended use: To measure total residual sugar where sucrose might be present (where sugar was added) for in-process and finished product.
For: Wine, Beer, Cider, Other
Minimum required volume: 5 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA)
Description: Precise measurement of L-Malic Acid g/l.
Recommended use: To measure L-Malic Acid levels. Pre, post, during malolactic fermentation.
For: Wine, Beer, Cider, Other
Minimum required volume: 5 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA)
Description: Precise measurement of Citric Acid g/l.
Recommended use: To measure Citric Acid levels in-process or finished product.
For: Juice,Wine, Cider, Other
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Aeration Oxidation
Description: Precise measurement of Free sulphur dioxide mg/l.
Recommended use: In-process or finished product.
For: Juice, Wine, Cider, Other
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Aeration Oxidation or Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA).
Description: Precise measurement of Total sulphur dioxide mg/l.
Recommended use: In-process or finished product.
For: Juice, Wine, Cider, Other
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Aeration Oxidation or Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA).
Description: Precise measurement of Free + Total sulphur dioxide mg/l.
Recommended use: In-process or finished product.

Pre filtration / bottling Panels

pH, TA, FSO2, TSO2, Alcohol
Required Volume - 120 ml
Turnaround time - Same day
Method - Multiple
Equipment - Multiple
pH, TA, FSO2, TSO2, Alcohol, L-Malic Acid, Acetic acid, Glucose + Fructose
Required Volume - 120 ml
Turnaround time - Same day
Method - Multiple
Equipment - Multiple

Brettanomyces, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zygosaccharomyces bailii, Lactobacillus brevis/plantarum/hilgardii, Acetobacter, Pediococcus parvulus, Pediococcus domnosus
For : Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: 1-5 working days
Method: qPCR
Description: Quantitative Species specific panel.
Recommended use: Post fermentation to bottling, gives an individual species quantitative result.

Confirmation - PCR (Post filtration / bottling)

Brettanomyces, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zygosaccharomyces bailii
For : Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: 1-5 working days
Method: qPCR
Description: This test is a Confirmation test and will detect if any of the above species are present or not. The result will either be Positive or Not-detected. This result is not quantitative.
Recommended use: Bright beer tank, post filtration, post sulphur add, pre bottling.
Lactobacillus brevis/plantarum/hilgardii, Acetobacter, Pediococcus parvulus, Pediococcus domnosus
For : Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: 1-5 working days
Method: qPCR
Description: This test is a Confirmation test and will detect if any of the above species are present or not. The result will either be Positive or Not-detected. This result is not quantitative.
Recommended use: Bright beer tank, post filtration, post sulphur add, pre bottling.
Brettanomyces, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zygosaccharomyces bailii, Lactobacillus brevis/plantarum/hilgardii, Acetobacter, Pediococcus parvulus, Pediococcus domnosus
For : Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: 1-5 working days
Method: qPCR
Description: This test is a Confirmation test and will detect if any of the above species are present or not. The result will either be Positive or Not-detected. This result is not quantitative.
Recommended use: Bright beer tank, post filtration, post sulphur add, pre bottling.

Quantitative - Panels & Individual Species PCR

Brettanomyces, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zygosaccharomyces bailii, Lactobacillus brevis/plantarum/hilgardii, Acetobacter, Pediococcus parvulus, Pediococcus domnosus
For : Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: 1-5 working days
Method: qPCR
Description: Quantitative Species specific panel. Will give a quantitative indication of cells/ml for each species listed.
Recommended use: Post fermentation to bottling, gives an individual species quantitative result.

For : Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: 1-5 working days
Method: qPCR
Description: Quantitative single species qPCR used to identify and quantify a living population.
Recommended use: Bright beer tank, post filtration, post sulphur add, pre bottling.
For : Wine, Beer, Cider
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: 1-5 working days
Method: qPCR
Description: Quantitative single species qPCR used to identify and quantify a living population.
Recommended use: Bright beer tank, post filtration, post sulphur add, pre bottling.

FermLabs reserves the right to utilise third-party laboratories to validate results or to support periods of high analytical demand. This is only the case for our qPCR analysis. These services are only used when required and unless otherwise agreed in advance. Our qPCR third-party partner is dnature Diagnostics.

Juice Analysis

pH, TA, Brix
For: Fruit juice
Minimum required volume: 60 ml settled juice
Turnaround time: Same day
Method - Auto Titration, AP-DMA
Description: Precise measurement of essential pre-fermentation parameters.
Recommended use: Maturity sampling, Pre-ferment measurements.
pH, TA, Brix
For: Fruit juice
Minimum required volume: 60 ml settled juice
Turnaround time: Same day
Method - Auto Titration, AP-DMA, Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA)
Description: Precise measurement of essential pre-fermentation parameters.
Recommended use: Maturity sampling, Pre-ferment measurements.
pH, TA, Brix
For: Fruit juice
Minimum required volume: 60 ml settled juice
Turnaround time: Same day
Method - Auto Titration, AP-DMA, Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA)
Description: Precise measurement of essential pre-fermentation parameters.
Recommended use: Maturity sampling, Pre-ferment measurements.

For: Juice, Wine, Wort, Beer, Cider, Other.
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Auto Titrator
Description: Precise measurement of essential pre-fermentation and finished product parameter.
Recommended use: Maturity sampling, pre-ferment, finished product.
For: Juice, Wine, Wort, Beer, Cider, Other.
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Auto Titrator
Description: Precise measurement of essential pre-fermentation and finished product parameter.
Recommended use: Maturity sampling, pre-ferment, finished product.
For: Juice, Wine, Wort, Beer, Cider, Other
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Anton Paar DMA
Description: Precise measurement of sugars in brix, density or specific gravity.
Recommended use: Maturity sampling, pre-fermentation, in-process or finished product.
For: Juice
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA)
Description: Alpha Amino Nitrogen, also referred to as Nitrogen by OPA, or NOPA, measures the amount of primary amino acids available for use by yeast during fermentation. NOPA is often measured in conjunction with ammonia to obtain the Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen (YAN).
Recommended use: To measure YAN (yeast assimilable nitrogen) levels to ensure proper nutrients for healthy fermentation.
For: Juice
Minimum required volume: 60 ml
Turnaround time: Same day
Method: Sequential analyzer (Biosystems SPICA)
Description: Precise measurement of potassium mg/l.
Recommended use: To understand interaction with potassium bi-tartrate stability, malolactic fermentation and SO2 levels.