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HOW TO ESTIMATE "OG" when dosing with honey?

Mead
#1

I am doing a one gallon batch of mead. I used 24oz (by WEIGHT) of honey in one gallon of water. That equalled an OG of 1.057.

Two days later, I add 16 oz (by weight) of same type of honey to the must, to raise “OG” on it.

Without taking another hydrometer sample, is there a way to estimate the pseudo-original gravity ( a 2.5 lb weight of honey to a gallon of water)?

I may even do another dose yet, so it would be cool if there was a formula or something for figuring this issue.

At the end of fermentation, I will do the normal hydrometer reading and use my “psuedo-OG estimate” in figuring the alcohol content.

I hope this made sense.

#2

I don’t know the points per pound on honey, but, if you add up ALL the honey you put in, without changing the water ratio, you should have your answer. Sneezles61

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#4

Thanks Pork Chop! 2.5 x.42=1.05. to the gallon, and I don’t know jack about cider. So then your volume will bring down your ABV. Sneezles61

#5

That’s what the mice told me, at least.

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#6

I was wondering if that’s where you were going or if that was an earnest answer. Off to design a pangalactic gargle blaster…

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#7

Way too big for me… I like when what you make tastes like what you made, not hot alcohol… I’m left handed… Sneezles61

#8

But it actually is 42 points per pound!

#9

PORK, SO IT IS 42 POINTS PER POUND, SO WUT DOES THAT MEAN MATHWISE ?

SEEMS AS IF THIS SHOULD BE ALOT HIGHER THAN 1.050 O.G. THAT WAS ALOT OF HONEY IN A GALLON OF WATER

btw I PLUGGED MY RECIPE INTO BEERSMITH AND IT SHOWED 1.086 OG, AND A HONEY EXTRACT OF ‘1.035’ NOT 1.042

#10

Yeah, there’s going to be a lot of variation in the gravity points with honey, as the bees that make it all do things a little bit differently. Probably depends on which union the bees are in. But 1.035 may be on the low side, as I’ve seen 1.042 reported as a reasonable average. It’s going to be all over the place, though.

As far as the math goes, if you have 1 gallon of honey/water solution that contains 1# honey, you should have a gravity of 1.042 (or somewhere in that ballpark depending on your honey.) 2# honey would give you 1.084, and if you had 2 gallons of honey/water solution containing 1# honey, that would give you a gravity of 1.021. So figure out how much honey you added by weight, what your total volume of honey plus water was, and that should give you your answer. :beers:

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#11

Hey sneezles61, I know this post is a bit old but I noticed your math was off and no one caught it for you. 2.5# X 42 points/# = 105 points aka an OG of 1.105. That is all.

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#12

Yup, good catch! Sneezles61

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