Water is deemed to have a density at STP of 1. If the wort density is 1. The numerical figure for these units approximates one-quarter of the excess gravity. Laboratory procedures can be used to establish the original gravity of a beer by measuring both the present or apparent specific gravity of the beer and the alcohol content of the beer, the latter by distillation.
Original gravity tables convert the alcohol content back to the amount of carbohydrate fermented to produce it. Tables for converting alcohol content to a value for carbohydrate fermented were first produced in by Graham, Hofman, and Redwood and were incorporated into the UK Inland Revenue Act for excise duty collection calculations as Statutory Tables.
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Featured Video. Read More. To calculate the ABV, we will have to deduct the Final Gravity from the Original Gravity that has to be measured at the end of the fermentation process and then substitute the value in a formula for the same.
Even before figuring out the original gravity, we have to calculate the Points per Pound per gallon or PPG of each ingredient that shall be included in the beer. This gives us an account of the specific gravity of the ingredient when one pound of it is mixed in one gallon of water. To measure the Original Gravity of the wort, two basic instruments are readily available. It is important to understand that both are susceptible to inaccuracies and will only be able to provide an approximately correct density which should be enough for a small brewer.
The first instrument is a hydrometer which is a small thermometer-like instrument which has to be dipped in a vessel containing millilitres of wort. You can read the scale of the hydrometer to quickly know the gravity of your drink. The other instrument is a Refractometer , which is generally used because of its better accuracy. This is an instrument with a glass prism at the end of it on whose surface only a few drops of the wort are enough to give the reading of the density in degrees Brix Balling and Plato are the other scales.
Note that both the before and after readings on these instruments be taken under approximately the same temperature else the readings would be slightly skewed. This done, now the wort whose original gravity reading has been taken is then placed in the Fermenter Tank where it is fermented by the yeast. Similarly if your OG comes in high you can raise your efficiency number making you use less grains to get back on target. We can also use the OG to get a rough estimate of the final gravity FG for our recipe.
The simplest way to do this is to apply the average yeast attenuation to the OG to get the FG. You can also estimate the OG using mash efficiency which accounts only for losses in the mash instead of brewhouse efficiency. This calculation will give us a good estimate of pre-boil gravity.
Next you would need to account for all of the losses in the system from boiling forward. This would include boiling, which concentrates the wort losing volume, but not gravity points , trub loss which takes both gravity points and volume away and any top up water added which dilutes the wort.
The calculation is a bit more complex, but can be done by tracking the changing volumes as well as gravity points remaining in the wort. That is quick overview of calculating original gravity. As I mentioned earlier, most people use software like my BeerSmith application to make this a bit easier, but its good to know how to calculate by hand. Be sure to sign up for my newsletter or my podcast also on itunes …and youtube …and streaming radio station for more great tips on homebrewing.
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