authentic ipa

[Nick]

whatis the expected abv for this when using the recommended recipe.

1 can IPA

1kg light dry malt

500g sugar

 

this is a 20 litre batch

 

Thanks, Nick

[Hairy]

According to this calculator it is 6.6%.

 

SG Estimator

 

But it really is only an estimate and there are a lot of assumptions made in that calculator.

 

You should download IanH's spreadsheet from AHB (link below). It is very useful for designing kit & extract brews.

 

Kit & Extract Beer Designer

[Nick]

a nifty little tool!! i got 6%, am i guessing that you got 6.6% because you allowed for the conditioning sugar?

[Nick]

OOPs, forgot to recalibrate to 20 ltrs, now i get 6.6% will the conditioning sugar take it to 7.1%?

[Hairy]

I think the Brewcraft calculator includes the alcohol from the priming sugar.

[Nick]

I think the Brewcraft calculator includes the alcohol from the priming sugar.

FYI

i recieved an email from the Brewcraft guys, and they said the calculator doesnt allow for priming sugar. so that make the Authentic IPA 7.1% or there abouts?

[Hairy]

Seems a bit high. I reckon it should be around 6.0-6.5% after bottle conditioning.

[Nick]

we both got the same result with the calculator. when it is ready to bottle i will calculate using the sg readings and post the result here.

[Otto Von Blotto]

I just put this into IanH's spreadsheet, it calculates 6.3% ABV. That's including bottle conditioning.

[Nick]

did you allow for a 20 ltr batch?

[Otto Von Blotto]

Surely did. I've actually found that spreadsheet to be pretty accurate with calculating OG and FG readings (and ABV) based on ingredients.

[Nick]

i havent got the program on my computer yet, but tell me what the sg readings should be and i'll compare them to the actual. i plan on starting the brew this weekend.

it will be kit can, 1kg LDM, 500gm dex, 20 litres H2O and a lot of love.

cheers

[Otto Von Blotto]

Ok, well I removed some hops from the spreadsheet that I'd had in there for another recipe and it dropped the ABV by 0.1% for some reason[roll] Anyway, according to it the OG should be 1054, FG 1010 and 6.2% ABV.

 

Also, I think you need to be a member on AHB to download the spreadsheet.

[Nick]

Cheers Kelsey, you are correct, you do need to be a member. they are not taking web based applications because of spam etc. so i have contacted them via email and will download the program if they let me in[joyful]

 

[Otto Von Blotto]

No worries. Yeah, I had to do that too[lol] but I think it was only a day or two I got a reply with a password and stuff to access it, so you should be right!

[Nick]

Ok' date=' well I removed some hops from the spreadsheet that I'd had in there for another recipe and it dropped the ABV by 0.1% for some reason[roll'] Anyway, according to it the OG should be 1054, FG 1010 and 6.2% ABV.

OG was 1055 Kelsey

 

Also, I think you need to be a member on AHB to download the spreadsheet.

 

[DamianM2]

I think the Brewcraft calculator includes the alcohol from the priming sugar.

FYI

i recieved an email from the Brewcraft guys, and they said the calculator doesnt allow for priming sugar. so that make the Authentic IPA 7.1% or there abouts?

 

If you go to the Brewcraft calculator and change the fermenter volume to say 23 litres without including any ingredients it says you have an OG of 1, a FG of 1 and an alcohol content of 0.5% so I'd say it does include bottle priming in the calculations.

[Muddy Waters]

I always found the brewcraft calculator to be useful only for a ballpark estimate but not particularly accurate....there are plenty of better calculators out there. But when it comes down to it all calculators are only good for an estimate.

[Muddy Waters]

I just had a look at the recipe and I reckon you'd be looking at a tad over 6% including priming sugar.

[Nick]

Well muddy, after only 12 hours i had about 3 inches of foam, there were clouds of yeast particles going ape sh!t and the aroma was divine. 6%,6.5% or 7%, who cares, as long as it tastes the way i'm imagining it too, is all that matters.[joyful]

[Muddy Waters]

6%' date='6.5% or 7%, who cares, as long as it tastes the way i'm imagining it too, is all that matters.[joyful']

 

Exactly! I personally never calculate the alcohol any more. I take it into account when formulating a recipe but that is it.