Sugar addition chart Tom Mitchell
Fall Bright, The Winemakers Shoppe
The rates given in this chart are subject to rounding off to the nearest
tenth. The rates are for pounds
to add to 1 gallon.
Fact: .125 pounds of
sugar will raise 1 gallon 1 brix or degree.
One ounce is .0625 pounds.
Dextrose (Corn Sugar) 1 pound is ~ 3 cups
Sucrose (table cane sugar) 1 pound is ~2 1/4 cups
Honey: 5 pounds of honey is equivalent to 4 pounds of cane
sugar.
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Pounds of Corn Sugar to add PER Gallon |
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Desired degrees (Brix) |
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StartingBrix |
21 |
21.5 |
22 |
22.5 |
23 |
23.5 |
24 |
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11.5 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
|
12.0 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
|
12.5 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
|
13.0 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
|
13.5 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
|
14.0 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
|
14.5 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
|
15.0 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
|
15.5 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
|
16.0 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
|
16.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
|
17.0 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
|
17.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
|
18.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
|
18.5 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
|
19.0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
|
19.5 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
|
20.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
|
20.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
|
21.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
|
21.5 |
|
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
|
22.0 |
|
|
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |