Okay so iv been talking to some ppl about my recipe im doing and some are saying to add more grains and more malt because they think i need more to achieve a 5% alcohol beer. i feel like im doing the calculation right so maybe we can discuss if i fudged up and what is the proper way to figure out potential alcohol percent.
Granola bar and malt beer recipe
According to my paper chart that came with my hydrometer. For 4.7% alcohol you require 79.9 g of sugar per liter. so my carboy is 4.5 liters X 79.9 grams sugar = 359 g total sugar. my granola bars are 162g sugar + 200g DME = 362g total sugar. so i required a total 359 g sugar and im providing 362g sugar. this should equal 5% alcohol, roughly.
There may be some mystery sugars added when i steep the granola bars and thats fine. It probably wont be much , maybe raise the alcohol percent from 5% to 5.5%.
Granola bar and malt beer recipe
According to my paper chart that came with my hydrometer. For 4.7% alcohol you require 79.9 g of sugar per liter. so my carboy is 4.5 liters X 79.9 grams sugar = 359 g total sugar. my granola bars are 162g sugar + 200g DME = 362g total sugar. so i required a total 359 g sugar and im providing 362g sugar. this should equal 5% alcohol, roughly.
There may be some mystery sugars added when i steep the granola bars and thats fine. It probably wont be much , maybe raise the alcohol percent from 5% to 5.5%.