Hi again. I've just taken a final reading from my alcopo (lemonade) and it's starting gravity was 1044 and it's now at 1010. Can anyone tell me what the abv is? What's the formula for working it out so I know next time.
I've been to several places to find out and they all seem to differ. The way I did it was SG/FG X 7.5 = 7.75% abv
Is that right?
Thanks.
Hydrometer readings - again.
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PieOPah
An online calc if you also want to include temperature correction against your readings.....
http://www.rooftopbrew.net/abv_calculator.php
http://www.rooftopbrew.net/abv_calculator.php
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pongobilly
Re: Hydrometer readings - again.
how did you make you alcopop lemonadestevezx7r wrote:Hi again. I've just taken a final reading from my alcopo (lemonade) and it's starting gravity was 1044 and it's now at 1010. Can anyone tell me what the abv is? What's the formula for working it out so I know next time.
I've been to several places to find out and they all seem to differ. The way I did it was SG/FG X 7.5 = 7.75% abv
Is that right?
Thanks.
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stevezx7r
Pongobilly -
Here's how I did it.
3 lemmons (cut in half and squeezed)
1x 5 litre bottle of asda mineral water
500g caster sugar - don't use this, I wish I hadn't
500g Fruit fructose - probably ok to use
wine yeast
yeast nutrient
Basically, this is a simple to make recipe.
Squeeze the juice, remove any bits, add sugar, fructose + juice to 4.5 litres of the 5 litre water bottle and shake like hell.
Mix yeast in a bit of water to rehydrate then add to the bottle and shake again.
Leave top on loose to avoid nasties entering bottle and c02 to escape.
Leave for about a week at 22C then transfer to fridge in either the main bottle or pet bottles.
My initial SG was 1044 and it's now done at 1010, so according to the above formula it's about 4.5%.
Given that it's wine yeast it may still go further but to be honest the tste isn't too good due to using sugar. If you do this recipe i'd use plain dextrose (1kg)
I've just set a ginger beer/ale away using dextrose and ale yeast so I hope that turns out better - it realy smells like ginger beer ! That had an SG of 1092 @ 25C so if it gets to the 1010 like the lemonade...10.9% abv !! Get in!!
Cheers,
Steve.
Here's how I did it.
3 lemmons (cut in half and squeezed)
1x 5 litre bottle of asda mineral water
500g caster sugar - don't use this, I wish I hadn't
500g Fruit fructose - probably ok to use
wine yeast
yeast nutrient
Basically, this is a simple to make recipe.
Squeeze the juice, remove any bits, add sugar, fructose + juice to 4.5 litres of the 5 litre water bottle and shake like hell.
Mix yeast in a bit of water to rehydrate then add to the bottle and shake again.
Leave top on loose to avoid nasties entering bottle and c02 to escape.
Leave for about a week at 22C then transfer to fridge in either the main bottle or pet bottles.
My initial SG was 1044 and it's now done at 1010, so according to the above formula it's about 4.5%.
Given that it's wine yeast it may still go further but to be honest the tste isn't too good due to using sugar. If you do this recipe i'd use plain dextrose (1kg)
I've just set a ginger beer/ale away using dextrose and ale yeast so I hope that turns out better - it realy smells like ginger beer ! That had an SG of 1092 @ 25C so if it gets to the 1010 like the lemonade...10.9% abv !! Get in!!
Cheers,
Steve.
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chopperswookie
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i did it alot easier. just leave it for a month.
http://choppershole.spaces.live.com/
its on there just look in blogs
and mine was about 14%. just ask mrs chopper and her friends!!
i did it alot easier. just leave it for a month.
http://choppershole.spaces.live.com/
its on there just look in blogs
and mine was about 14%. just ask mrs chopper and her friends!!
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jaytee1
i got so carried away reading this posting about making alchopos that ive just rushed out to wilkos, bought the yeast and lemons and have knocked my own up in less than 20 mins.....hopefully the lady will appreciate it and stop drinking my ale!!
Also as an added bonus ive just seen a really cheap kit of wherrys in wilkos aswell so that was purchased aswell
what a top afternoon
happy daze
Also as an added bonus ive just seen a really cheap kit of wherrys in wilkos aswell so that was purchased aswell
what a top afternoon
happy daze