Abv?

[nac_brew]

Hi all,
This has probably been asked before.
You take your OG reading and your FG to work out the ABV but if you are then adding sugar and bottling (racking) the beer will that not increase the ABV once bottled with the extra sugar in it?

 

[lagerfeld]

It will. I have seen info suggesting you add 0.5 to your abv to get the final abv.

 

[dave0w]

bottle in then in a week or 2 open one degas and test, then you can tell us by how much it went up and with how much priming suger

 

[johnnyboy1965]

The amount of sugar added to the bottle/keg will not higher the abv....sorry, yes it will but its so small its not worth worrying about

 

[simon12]

about 18-20g per litre will add about 1% ABV the most you should be adding is around 5g per l so about 0.25% ABV at most

 

[dave0w]

about 18-20g per litre will add about 1% ABV the most you should be adding is around 5g per l so about 0.25% ABV at most

5g max is a bit low, that is only 105g for 21L, a lager would be wanting 150 - 200

 

[johnnyboy1965]

I think you are all getting confused with extra abv with carbonating your beer.
The established recommendation is 85g per 23li per keg. I find this too low. I use 100g per 25li. in a KK
In 500ml bottles I use 1/4 tsp

 

[dave0w]

I think you are all getting confused with extra abv with carbonating your beer.
The established recommendation is 85g per 23li per keg. I find this too low. I use 100g per 25li. in a KK
In 500ml bottles I use 1/4 tsp

no carbonating your beer is the yeast turning your priming suger in to alcohol and farting out Co2, because the bottle is sealed the Co2 is forced into the beer and giving you a carbonated beer. but alcohol is still been made that how the yeast works