Kalaloch
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Want to make a Hard Blueberry Cider recipe. I will make it based of of Ed Wort's Alphenwein but use a Cider Yeast. My question is I don't want to end up with a super high FG and be drinking rocket fuel because I am adding more sugar (blueberry juice) to Ed’s recipe.
So can I simply figure out the total grams of sugar used in Ed's recipe and then subtract the grams of sugar in my Blueberry juice? Here is what I am thinking:
ED'S RECIPE:
5 Gallons 100% Apple Juice (2,160 grams of sugar)
2 pounds corn sugar (2 pounds converts to 907 grams of sugar)
MY ADDITIONS:
32 oz Blueberry Juice - in primary (72 grams of sugar)
32 oz Blueberry Juice - in secondary (72 grams of sugar)
... so should I subtract 144 grams of sugar (total of of Blueberry Juice sugars) from Ed's recipe (his recipe is 3067 total grams of sugar) to end up with the same OG/FG as Ed's recipe?
In general is it this simple to just swap out grams ofsugar like this - or is there more to it?
So can I simply figure out the total grams of sugar used in Ed's recipe and then subtract the grams of sugar in my Blueberry juice? Here is what I am thinking:
ED'S RECIPE:
5 Gallons 100% Apple Juice (2,160 grams of sugar)
2 pounds corn sugar (2 pounds converts to 907 grams of sugar)
MY ADDITIONS:
32 oz Blueberry Juice - in primary (72 grams of sugar)
32 oz Blueberry Juice - in secondary (72 grams of sugar)
... so should I subtract 144 grams of sugar (total of of Blueberry Juice sugars) from Ed's recipe (his recipe is 3067 total grams of sugar) to end up with the same OG/FG as Ed's recipe?
In general is it this simple to just swap out grams ofsugar like this - or is there more to it?