Homebrew How To's - Hambleton Bard
Homebrew How To's - Hambleton Bard
Calculate alcohol in wine, beer or moonshine wash
Calculating alcohol is the best method for home use, or for semi-professional wine making (beer making). The alternatives are to use a vinometer (wine only) but that is not very accurate or to send to a lab for analysis (expensive).
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You can check the alcohol content of your beer, wine or turbo yeast wash if you have a start reading and a current (or final) reading. Why and how it works - read more here. Example: Start reading = 1075 Current reading = 998 The alcohol (by volume) is simply the number of fermented units (start-current) divided by 7.4. Alcohol = (1075-998) / 7.4 = 77 / 7.4 = 10.4 % |
| This is of course the final alcohol content if your brew has stopped fermenting. To find out if it has, simply check specific gravity with 1-2 days in between. If you have 998 (or whatever the value is) during several days your fermentation is over. IMPORTANT: This fomula will only work if you do not add water, sugar or anything else during fermentation. If you add things during fermentation, you can not use this simple formula, you have to use the advanced formula instead.
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| [February 22, 2012] Our new price list now ready, valid from March 1st. For retailers, there is also a new Excel order form available on the download page. |
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| [January 17, 2012] Better Brew Beer Kits now in stock, the first Brewers Quality beer kit on the UK market! |
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| [November 5, 2011] Better Brew new 27.5L fermenter now in stock! You can have it with or without tap. |
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