Put this in your functions.php to do the before and after math for specific gravity readings predicting ABV (and potential ABV). Usage: [abv_calc before=”1.06″ after=”1.033″] becomes: If the after is omitted, it will do a potential calculation: [abv_calc before=”1.05″] becomes:
Stepping it up a notch. 3x 2L bites of Rougement Mellow Doux. Just under 1 tsp of 71B yeast (started early with a bit of brown sugar). And 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar. And a handful of raisins (apparently … Continued
2L Rougement Royal Gala and Rougement Honey Crisp. Measures at on the old hydrometer. 1/4 tsp of the EC-1118. Wed October 16 Update Not ready… Fri Oct 18 Update Now at . Leave it in!
Granted, it could use some flash, but it works. Default is 120 seconds. It does require jQuery loaded up into your gmscript, which can take some troubleshooting. But here’s what the head of the script looks like:
We’re going to try peppermint and Bengal Spice. The idea is simple: brewed tea + sugar + yeast + time =? Looks like about 100ml of sugar Interesting the Sp.gr. reading. 170g of sugar and the hydrometer reads , much … Continued
It’s actually 100% pineapple! Not a cocktail or mostly apple plus of pineapple mix or juice-like drink. 25g of sugar should be good enough. And we’ll try the 71B yeast (1/4 tbsp @ 98F) for this one. One of these … Continued
Experiment with sugar. Allen’s apple juice has 27g per 250ml so let’s add some more. 1/4 cup sugar is 102g so that’s an extra 12.75g per 250ml. That’s 39.75g per 250ml. Using the rest of the bag of the EC-1118 … Continued
Here’s our starting products: Kirkland brand Organic Lemonade. Looks like a decent candidate at 33g of sugar. But how will the acidity affect things? We’re also going to do a little A/B testing with two different kinds of yeast : … Continued
President’s Choice 100% Juice Blend Cranberry that is. Apples and Cranberrys. 26g of sugar is about the same as the apple juice. Quite tart to taste so we’ll see how that goes. Interesting that the specific gravity reading is closer … Continued
Next up is Welch’s 100% Grape Juice. Tons of sugar so I’m waiting to see how the yeast will do with that. Hydrometer says 1.057 or 1.058 specific gravity (top of the miniscus), the same as the apple juice. Another … Continued