Originally Posted by
piwanoi
I can't see why not as they are almost identical ain't they, the perfect test for it would be to put some shop bought wine what has the Alc Content written on the Bottle.
Good suggestion. I have a couple of mercury thermometers that I wouldn't mind sacrificing and using a shop wine would give a rough baseline.
Snapping off the bulb should be easy and using boiling water and a wire tied around the top and then dipping into ice water will hopefully get the top to crack cleanly off, I'm just a bit concerned about the mercury. I know there's not much in them but it's nasty stuff.
Anybody have any ideas of how best to dispose of it (red will be awarded to the first person who says 'drink it'
)?