Calculating sugar additions

[Dr. Fedwell]

Brewed a Duvel clone the other night. Going to add a package of clear belgian candy syrup and some yeast nutrient to it now that the krausen is dying down. The original gravity was 1.074. The package says 1.032 ppg. Do I divide that by 5 and add to OG?

 

[david_42]

Just the 32 points if the package is one pound.

 

[SumnerH]

Brewed a Duvel clone the other night. Going to add a package of clear belgian candy syrup and some yeast nutrient to it now that the krausen is dying down. The original gravity was 1.074. The package says 1.032 ppg. Do I divide that by 5 and add to OG?

Yes.

Gravity added = (Weight of Sugar * ppg)/volume of beer.

 

[ajf]

Yes.

Gravity added = (Weight of Sugar * ppg)/volume of beer.

Not quite.
If the ppg is expressed as 1.032, then subtract the 1 before dividing by volume.
So OG = 1.074 and volume is 5g
Add 1 lb at 1.032 ppg increases gravity by 0.032/5 and corrected OG would be 1.080

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