Adding liqour

[tclary2]

I added jack Daniels to my secondary. ..how much will that bump the abv?

 

[1977Brewer]

How much and to how much?

Then you could, with math, figure this pretty easily.

 

[kristiismean]

if you do add hard alcohol, would you still be able to bottle and have it carbonate the beer?

or would you be limited to kegging. This is more out of curiosity.

Thanks

 

[tclary2]

2 cups jack Daniels in secondary...it was at 7.4abv before adding. It is a 5 gal batch

 

[Qhrumphf]

5 gallons is 80 cups. 7.4% by volume leaves you with 5.92 cups of ethanol. An additional two cups of 40% JD is 0.8 cups ethanol. 6.72 combined cups ethanol in 82 total cups is 8.2% ABV.

There. Math.

And yes, you can add hard liquor and still carbonate as long as you don't exceed the tolerance of your yeast (actual tolerance, which is not necessarily the same as listed tolerance).

 

[cbenn22]

My calculations gave me 8.2%...

Here's how I got it:

5 gal * 128 oz * 7.4% = 47.36 oz of 100% alcohol from the beer

16 oz * 40% = 6.4 oz of 100% alcohol from the JD

(47.36 oz + 6.4 oz)/(5 gal*128oz+16oz) = 8.2%

 

[tclary2]

I am not good at math so I will take your calculations...I'm glad someone can figure out those numbers. Thanks guys