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    Easiest Way To Calculate The Alcohol Content Of Your Wine

    May 17th, 2008 by Scott Young

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    Did you know that you can easily calculate the alcohol content of your beer or wine if you know your specific gravity (S.G.) readings at the beginning and end of the beer/wine making process?

    Hydrometer To calculate the approximate value of the alcohol content in your beer/wine use the following formula:

    Approximate Alcohol Content (%) =

    Starting S.G.- Ending S.G.

    0.0074

    For example:

    Starting SG = 1.090
    Ending SG = 0.995

    % Alcohol = 1.090 - 0.995 = 12.84

    0.0074

    > You can therefore say that the approximate alcohol content of this batch of wine is 12.84%

    Note: This method assumes that difference in specific gravity is solely due to the conversion of sugar into alcohol

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    8 Responses to “Easiest Way To Calculate The Alcohol Content Of Your Wine”

    1. Easiest Way To Calculate The Alcohol Content Of Your Wine Says:
      May 17th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

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    2. David Woods (Who am I?) Says:
      May 18th, 2008 at 5:59 am

      Hi Scott,
      When making a homemade batch of fruit wine,how do you
      measure the alcohol content with multiple sugar additions ?

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    3. John Smith (Who am I?) Says:
      May 18th, 2008 at 6:49 am

      Hi Scott!
      Thanks for this tip on calculating % of alcohol.
      Much appreciated.

      John

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    4. Dennis Smith (Who am I?) Says:
      May 19th, 2008 at 11:31 am

      Hi Scott Please tell me at what point of the wine making process do you have to take the first SG reading

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    5. Scott Young (Who am I?) Says:
      May 19th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

      Hey John - my pleasure

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    6. Scott Young (Who am I?) Says:
      May 19th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

      Hey Dennis - Thank you for your question. You do your reading at the very beginning of the wine making process, right after you’ve added all of your ingredients to your primary.

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    7. Barkan Wines Says:
      June 5th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

      Barkan Wines…

      There is no Chablis grape. Chablis is a growing region inside the Burgundy growing region of France and a true Chablis wine is a Chardonnay which MUST come from Chablis, France….

    8. Emelyan (Who am I?) Says:
      November 5th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

      Cool! Peshi ischo

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