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I have some washes that I would like to increase their sugar content before adding yeast.

Assuming I have the right nutrients, is there a calculator (link?) or cheat sheet of pound(s) of sugar to gallon(s) of water that will increase percentage:

Example: 1 gallon of water with 1 pound sugar = 1.010; 2 pounds sugar = 1.020, and so on?

Parent site calculators. You should have found them during the mandatory research.

Find Cranky's spoon feeding thread for an exhaustive list of the required reading...

I was looking for a quick link but found them. Was it easier for you to berate than copy the link?
Anyone else that comes across this can find them at:



http://homedistiller.org/calcs/sugar_sg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Bookmark the site you will need the calculators in a regular basis

FS

Alphadog007 wrote:I was looking for a quick link but found them. Was it easier for you to berate than copy the link?
Anyone else that comes across this can find them at:



http://homedistiller.org/calcs/sugar_sg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

yep, read the rest of the parent site, you will be surprised at how much you will learn.

Each pound of sugar per gallon of water will increase you gravity by .046 points. From there all you need to do is the math

Thanks, guys!!

I have been thinking about this post today at work and I have done a disservice to alphadog007. I just gave him the gravity reading of 1 pound of sugar in one gallon of water. He doesn't know if I a telling him a fact or not as he doesn't know how to find out for him self. I have not taught him anything I gave him an answer. What if he wants to know how much malted 6 row barley to use in 5 gallons of water to get a SG of 1.060. Or a 8% mash or wash. Here is a link to figuring out the numbers for yourself for further reference. Everything has a PPG rating and these numbers will help you figure out how to make adjustments to get at the proper SG of your wash or mash.
http://homedistiller.org/grain/yield/typical" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
http://homedistiller.org/grain/yield/max" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Corene is a + to the note book for new stillers and the rest that are having issue

corene1 wrote:I have been thinking about this post today at work and I have done a disservice to alphadog007.

He was hungry, you gave him a fish. Bear offered direction, but got bit for it. Some folks don't want to fish.