Bottling sugar fermentation

[sdufford]

Does the fermentation of the bottling sugar add any considerable amount of alcohol content to the beer?

 

[TipsyDragon]

define considerable..... while yes it will add some alcohol its not enough to notice.

 

[Revvy]

It's roughly a 1 to 2 point change, and over 5 gallons you'd come up with a range of .2 to .4% change in the ABV.

Too small care about, from a practical standpoint.

 

[sdufford]

Ah, so you if your starting and final gravities dictate a 4% ABV, you might say it went up to around 4.2-4.4% after carbonation.

Thanks guys!

 

[Revvy]

Ah, so you if your starting and final gravities dictate a 4% ABV, you might say it went up to around 4.2-4.4% after carbonation.

Thanks guys!

I guess you could say that, but none of us bother to. We just go by the Og-Fg x 131 = ABV formula which is usually calculated before the sugar is added at bottling time. .2-.4 really is nothing. Besides most of us aren't in it for the ABV anyway. We're out to make a great tasting product, not to get **** faced.