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Oh ok, thank you very much!!

NZChris wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2025 2:13 pm 1l at 67% = 670ml alcohol

670ml alcohol makes 2233ml at 30% abv, (670/0.30)

Sugar required for 250g/1000ml = 558g, (2233*0.25)

Water to add is however much it takes to top up the liqueur to 2233ml

Thank you! If you click the still in the top left of this page, it willl take you to the home site. Under the word Home in the header, is a button labeled calculators. Clicking that will take you to another page. About half way down, there is Calcs from Rad14701. There are some dilution calcs there ...

Oh ok, I think I got it now. So let's say after maceration the whole result is 1L at 67%. My liqueur of choice has a 250g/1000ml of sugar (this is for limoncello for example) . Now, let's say that to dilute it at 30% i need 1L of water, I need to add 250g×2000ml so 500g of it right? Decide on your f...

Thank you very much! Yeah most results were in between 1.2 and 2L but few of them were under 500ml. That's what threw me off If you’ve already got your sugar dissolved into water to form a syrup, then it’s not likely to change volume a great deal when you add alcohol. For the purpose of ABV calculat...

I'm making a rum coconut liqueur starting from a base of 500ml of 96% ethanol, a classic base for liqueurs. I choose it just to pull more flavours out (and making it "shelf stable" since all the recipes I've found for some reason either sous vide a 70% rum for hours or use it just straight...

Well, I might start right now, because I have a question regarding how to cut down a rum to make it a liqueur. I've seen too many "for 100ml of rum add xwater and ysugar" that completely crashed out my brain ahahah Welcome to the forum Andrea. It's a great place to learn everything you nee...

Well, I might start right now, because I have a question regarding how to cut down a rum to make it a liqueur. I've seen too many "for 100ml of rum add xwater and ysugar" that completely crashed out my brain ahahah

Hello everyone, I'm Andrea, I'm 26 and I'm from Italy and I'm new into this passion. Glad to meet you all!