Hard Seltzer ABV calculation

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HarryFlatters

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Hi all,

Wasn't sure where to post this, so I'm trying here...

I made a sugar wash that started at 1.060 and finished apparently at 0.860. Now I couldn't believe what the online calculators said, but then when I worked it out ((1060 - 860) / 7.4)= 27.02% ABV.

That can't be right, can it? I used EC-1118 and I didn't think it could tolerate anything more than 18% ABV?

Have I got my calculations wrong or have I made something absolutely mental?

Recipe was tap water, campden treated, 4kg white sugar, Omega Propper Seltzer nutrient, EC-1118 yeast.
 
Clint said:
Forum calc gives 26.25%.
What will you do with it?
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Split it over two kegs, flavour one with lemon and lime juice and one with strawberry Lowics syrup, gas it up and have 60 pints of hard seltzer for about £15, which would have bought maybe 8 x 250ml tins in the supermarket.

Also, I'm going to learn not to randomly fire 4kg sugar into a fermenter because I thought I was doing a wine kit without checking anything else.
 
HarryFlatters said:
Hi all,

Wasn't sure where to post this, so I'm trying here...

I made a sugar wash that started at 1.060 and finished apparently at 0.860. Now I couldn't believe what the online calculators said, but then when I worked it out ((1060 - 860) / 7.4)= 27.02% ABV.

That can't be right, can it? I used EC-1118 and I didn't think it could tolerate anything more than 18% ABV?

Have I got my calculations wrong or have I made something absolutely mental?

Recipe was tap water, campden treated, 4kg white sugar, Omega Propper Seltzer nutrient, EC-1118 yeast.
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Hi Harry. I think your FG must be wrong- that's a drop of 200!!!
 
An Ankoù said:
Hi Harry. I think your FG must be wrong- that's a drop of 200!!!
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I know, that's why I asked the question. I've checked a couple of times with a hydrometer, and while I expected it to ferment dry, I didn't think it'd be .86 - I'll just assume that's wrong and go with it fermenting to 1.000 which gives a more believable 9%, which split over two kegs makes it sessionable.
 

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