Sugar/Water ratio Rule of thumb?

spetri · Nov 3, 2011

I've been searching for days to find a rule of thumb for water to sugar ratio to determine potential alcohol percentage in a brewed beverage without any luck.

I going to brew REAL ginger beer using real BGP. I'd like to make a strong version for me and a soft version for my kids. So I'm guessing that the starting ratio would be important.

spetri · Nov 3, 2011

Found this. I hope it works.

david_42 said:
A good rule of thumb: 400 grams of brewing sugar in 20L will increase ABV by 1%

Lucky_Chicken · Nov 3, 2011

dont you typically stop fermentation by chilling so that you have a sweet carbonated beverage?

spetri · Nov 3, 2011

jtsims21 said:
dont you typically stop fermentation by chilling so that you have a sweet carbonated beverage?

Yes, that is what I've read and works for the soft version. It's the hard version I'm trying to get the correct ratio.

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