vzom
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I recently effed up my pumpkin beer by forgetting to add the sugar addition to the boil. I didn't realize this until racking to the secondary. So I decided to boil the sugar addition, cool it and add it to the secondary to try to rectify my mistake as best I could.
My question is, am I able to determine a proper ABV if I have the following gravity readings:
OG
SG from secondary before sugar addition
SG from secondary after sugar addition
FG
I've seen similar questions pertaining to fruit additions in the secondary where people say that the effects are negligible due to the high water content of most fruit. Since this was brown sugar sterilized in a bit of boiling water, the sugar to water ratio is very high and I suspect it should impact the ABV.
I'm not overly concerned on the ABV (as long as the beer tastes good) but it would be nice to know if someone has a formula!
My question is, am I able to determine a proper ABV if I have the following gravity readings:
OG
SG from secondary before sugar addition
SG from secondary after sugar addition
FG
I've seen similar questions pertaining to fruit additions in the secondary where people say that the effects are negligible due to the high water content of most fruit. Since this was brown sugar sterilized in a bit of boiling water, the sugar to water ratio is very high and I suspect it should impact the ABV.
I'm not overly concerned on the ABV (as long as the beer tastes good) but it would be nice to know if someone has a formula!