Adding ethanol or glycerine [Poll]
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Bit of maths, suppose you have a pint of ale, at 5%. Meaning you have 25 ml of alcohol. Add 25 ml of everclear and you have a pint of ale at 10%. (a bit less because the volume ups a bit with the addition of the everclear). You could try it with a pint of 0% beer, just add 25 ml ethanol and see if it tastes like proper beer.
Bit of maths...thought you'd done an autospell....bit of meths!!
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Make a poll. You're nearing cursing in church.
But people add such weird things to 'beer'! My Italian friends make limoncello with no brewing or distillation - they just add sugar and lemons to Everclear. But I agree that it would be cheating. I'm going to try adding pure ethanol just to see if it improves a homebrew or ruins it!
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Having read the comments below your post above i can see its not something beer brewers add but wine makers do for the reason you mentioned.
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I've added glycerine to wines I've made from various things for mouthfeel. Some of the flavour packs with wine kits really overdo the glycerine and it makes it horrible if you add the lot. I haven't bothered with it since the first few tests and now just use the glycerine I bought for freezing yeasts.
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