Skeeter Pee, SG only @ 1.060, trying to get to 1.070

hi all, I started my second batch of SP, and I plan on using nottingham's this time, with the EC-1118 it was a bit stronger then what I would like for a drink allot type of drink.

so when I got my must all put together, I tested it with the hydrometer and my reading was only 1.055 or so...so I added 2.25 cups of sugar to it, to try and up the SG, but its only at 1.060 - 1.065 or so...how much more sugar should I add? and if I do keep adding this much more sugar, what types of ill effects can I expect, if any?

thanks for any help...

Assuming a five gallon batch:

Bump from 1.065 to 1.070 is a little more than 1 1/8 cups.

Based on this chart and one gallon being 3.79 liters.

A50SNAKE said:

what types of ill effects can I expect, if any?

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You are making an alcoholic beverage named after the excrement of a bloodsucking insect and you are worried about ill effects?

CGish said:

Assuming a five gallon batch:

Bump from 1.065 to 1.070 is a little more than 1 1/8 cups.

Based on this chart and one gallon being 3.79 liters.



You are making an alcoholic beverage named after the excrement of a bloodsucking insect and you are worried about ill effects?

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oh sorry, yes I guess I should have mentioned the batch size, sorry its a 5.5/6 Gallon (~21L) batch.

ok, thanks I'll add that much now and see how it changes...hopefully it does.

thanks again CGish...I added exactly what you calculated...and it got it right up to where I needed it to be, 1.070... thanks again...I can't wait for this one to finish now .

i put 8pds of sugar instead of 7 and it puts mine 1.070. this is my 4th batch and i had to add sugar to the first 3 so i put in 8 pds this time it was on the money

good to hear ejr, thanks...I'm kind of liking this SP stuff...and cost per batch doesn't hurt its appeal to me either!

yep this stuff is great if you take it and mix it with unsweeten koolaide each pack makes a 6 pack you can drink different flavors each time ive got orange, grape, peach mango and others but the regular is just as good,i also got a lot of help drinking it my friends really like it

hahaha, same here...I did some flavoring with kool-aid...and crystal light...I've got some, rather HAD some grape, lemon lime, and orange from kool-aid and I have some raspberry ice from crystal light...I was flavoring in my wine bottles, as that was how I had bottled a few, with the flip top wine toppers...they were a good hit, but some people complained of "raw tongues" the next day, so I think its still a bit too tart/acidic for most...gotta try to find the sweet spot, that's why I just started my second batch ...

try some of the peach mango koolaide with this batch my wife even likes it ive been making a case of peach mango with every batch

ejr said:

yep this stuff is great if you take it and mix it with unsweeten koolaide each pack makes a 6 pack you can drink different flavors each time ive got orange, grape, peach mango and others but the regular is just as good,i also got a lot of help drinking it my friends really like it

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is that one koolaid pack to 6 beer bottles or six wine bottles for flavoring??

6 beer bottles