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Chumley
Senior Member
Username: Chumley
Post Number: 5953
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 63.118.227.254
| | Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 02:59 pm: | 
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I was fortunate to receive a fairly substantial quantity of apples this weekend....picked by an acquaintence the previous week before the record freeze hit. So I got the cider press out, and set out to make my well-received sweet cider recipe. Its pretty simple....4.5 gallons of apple juice, a gallon of honey, 1.5 oz. grated ginger, juice of one lemon....ends up at an OG of 1.140, usually finishes around 1.025.
My problem was, somehow I ended up with 7 gallons of must instead of 5. (I can't figure out how this happened, especially since I wasn't drinking). So, my OG ended up way lower than I'd like....1.100. I ended up placing 6 gallons into a fermentor, and another gallon into a one gallon jug.
My question is:
How much honey should I add to 6 gallons of 1.100 cyser to raise the OG to 1.140? |
Dan Listermann
Senior Member
Username: Listermann
Post Number: 6821
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 74.83.191.159
| | Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 03:11 pm: |
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6 * 40 / 35 = 6.8 pounds
Use seven - a bit more than a half gallon. |
Chumley
Senior Member
Username: Chumley
Post Number: 5954
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 63.118.227.254
| | Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 03:49 pm: |
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Thanks Dan. |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 10818
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 24.141.103.148
| | Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 04:53 pm: |
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My brewing spreadsheet calculates a honey addition of a little less than 7.4 lbs. by weight or 77 oz. by volume. I use 1.038 as the extract potential of honey.
(Message edited by BillPierce on October 19, 2009) |
Randy Ricchi
Member
Username: Bigr
Post Number: 111
Registered: 08-2006
Posted From: 71.13.208.129
| | Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:42 pm: |
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Shouldn't the calculation take into account the fact that the volume will rise by a bit more than a half gallon?
(Message edited by BigR on October 19, 2009) |
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