Cider Alcohol content
Cider Alcohol content
I'm really new to this, got in by accident really as I was given tons of fruit concentrate including apple and blackcurrant. Made up a 6 gallon batch with cider yeast and kept adding sugar until it stopped doing anything. Tried it a month later and kept falling over. I bought a refractometer to test it and get a result of 22% ABV. Is this really possible?
Re: Cider Alcohol content
Did you correct the final refractometer reading for the alcohol present? Once the yeast starts fermenting the direct correlation between a brix reading and gravity no longer exists.deepinvader wrote:I bought a refractometer to test it and get a result of 22% ABV. Is this really possible?
I followed the instructions for the refractometer which is calibrated for alcohol content. tested with distlled water at 0 and vodka from the bottle at 34% when the label said 37%. The manufacturers do state that a variation can happen with wine but should not be far out.
The concentrate is pure juice with a dilution rate of 1 Litre makes 8 Litres. The next lot I've on the go I set to SG 1.100 by adding sugar and it is looking about the same finished product, not quite cleared yet though.
Tastes a bit sharp but chilled with ice and topped with lemonade makes a fantastic substitute for Pimms ( which is how we found out what a few pints will do )
The concentrate is pure juice with a dilution rate of 1 Litre makes 8 Litres. The next lot I've on the go I set to SG 1.100 by adding sugar and it is looking about the same finished product, not quite cleared yet though.
Tastes a bit sharp but chilled with ice and topped with lemonade makes a fantastic substitute for Pimms ( which is how we found out what a few pints will do )