I'm fermenting a Pale Ale that started at 1.058 sg. and at 1week I racked to a secondary fermenter and added 1 cup sugar, hoping to dry it out and raise the ABV a little, is there way to recalculate the OG for the sugar addition?
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roastquake
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Yes, enter your original recipe into a brew calculator like brewtoad.com or brewersfriend.com, adjust until you get your OG, then add the sugar addition. that will give you your new OG
roastquake
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I just realized you added a cup (volume)of sugar and not a specific weight. In my early brewing experience, I found that one cup of sugar is just under a half pound. Get a scale and weigh a cup of sugar to be sure, then in the future use the scale to weigh ingredients.
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Adding sugar directly to secondary shouldn't cause any sanitation problems.
As mentioned above, one cup is pretty close to half a pound which is 23 gravity points. Assuming you have a 5 gallon batch, that's 4.6 gp per gallon. The sugar addition also adds volume to the beer, but it's not 8 fl oz per cup. I can't remember exactly what it is, but it's something like 75% of that, or about 6 fl oz. So rounding down, call your new OG 1.062ish.
As mentioned above, one cup is pretty close to half a pound which is 23 gravity points. Assuming you have a 5 gallon batch, that's 4.6 gp per gallon. The sugar addition also adds volume to the beer, but it's not 8 fl oz per cup. I can't remember exactly what it is, but it's something like 75% of that, or about 6 fl oz. So rounding down, call your new OG 1.062ish.
