thood6
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My next brew is going to be a blonde ale and i was going to add a couple of pounds of clove honey to it to try and raise the abv a little and add a unique taste. When would be a good time to add the honey?
Excuse my ignorance but what do you mean by dry out the beer?
How many pounds does honey add per pound? I have an OG of 1.040 I want to adjust to 1.050
About 0.008 points, or 0.75% alcohol. This calculator is a great tool for figuring amounts out:
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/calculator/
EDIT: forgot to say my above calculation assumes 5.5 gallons. Lefou's post made me realize this omission.
How many gravity points does one pound of honey add?
That depends on the type of honey, the specific gravity and amount of liquid it's mixed with.
If you mix one lb. of honey into one gallon of water it would yield a gain of approximately 40 gravity points and 4% ABV. If you want 10 points of gravity, about 4oz. of honey/gallon of water would work and should give you approximately 1% ABV boost. Yeast and temperature will make a difference on FG, but the calculator will give you a general idea.
Any online calculator can help crunch numbers for you. I typically use Brewer's Friend for my baseline recipes.
Sorry for the confusion...if my wort is 1.040 and the honey mixture is 1.040...how do I get to 1.050
How big of a batch are you brewing stever? If its a standard 5 to 5.5 gallon batch, you need 1.25 lbs of honey. That'll mean about 13% of your fermentables are honey. I like to keep simple sugars like honey in the 5-8% range, or up to 10% max to prevent too thin a body.
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