JP Smajda
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Hey all. My goal is to make a semi sweet cyzer. I'm ok with it being sweet.
First issue is my Gravity readings. Just the apple juice, No added sugars, yeast and nutrient.
Primary: Starting Gravity 1.046;
Yeast: Wyeast Sweet Mead/Cider yeast 4184;
6 weeks later I have a gravity of below 0.980. I cant be exact because I ran out of lines on my hydrometer. According to brewers friend calculator, thats an apparent attenuation of 146% and abv of 8.6%.
Second is how to figure out my abv calculations when adding sugars to my secondaries.
I added the honey and some more apple juice after racking to my secondary. I now have a gravity of 0.992 (almost three pounds of honey and 3 more quarts of apple juice moved it only 12 or so points?)
Should I just add 12 points to my starting gravity when I plug it into the brewers friend calculator?
Any thoughts on what I could be doing wrong with my hydrometer?
First issue is my Gravity readings. Just the apple juice, No added sugars, yeast and nutrient.
Primary: Starting Gravity 1.046;
Yeast: Wyeast Sweet Mead/Cider yeast 4184;
6 weeks later I have a gravity of below 0.980. I cant be exact because I ran out of lines on my hydrometer. According to brewers friend calculator, thats an apparent attenuation of 146% and abv of 8.6%.
Second is how to figure out my abv calculations when adding sugars to my secondaries.
I added the honey and some more apple juice after racking to my secondary. I now have a gravity of 0.992 (almost three pounds of honey and 3 more quarts of apple juice moved it only 12 or so points?)
Should I just add 12 points to my starting gravity when I plug it into the brewers friend calculator?
Any thoughts on what I could be doing wrong with my hydrometer?