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Hello,
I have a wine sweetening spreadsheet for sweetening wine with sugar. It take the specific gravity of a wine and calculates the amount of sugar you need to add at botteling to obtain a certain SG or sweetness. My question is how much honey is needed to obtain the same results as sugar. For example, just for arguments sake, how much honey would be required to obtain the same sweetness as 1 pound of sugar? If I knew this I could also have the spread sheet calculate the amount of honey needed to obtain a certain sweetness. I did not create the spreadsheet but have been trying to customize it for my needs. Thanks!! -- Eric |
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![]() On Oct 9, 11:57 pm, "Eric P." > wrote: > Hello, > > I have a wine sweetening spreadsheet for sweetening wine with sugar. It > take the specific gravity of a wine and calculates the amount of sugar you > need to add at botteling to obtain a certain SG or sweetness. My question > is how much honey is needed to obtain the same results as sugar. For > example, just for arguments sake, how much honey would be required to obtain > the same sweetness as 1 pound of sugar? If I knew this I could also have > the spread sheet calculate the amount of honey needed to obtain a certain > sweetness. I did not create the spreadsheet but have been trying to > customize it for my needs. Thanks!! Googled "sweetness of honey" and got a document with this: On the average honey is 1 to 1.5 times sweeter (on a dry weight basis) than sugar. Liquid honey isapproximately as sweet as sugar, Here's the full article: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:...ct=clnk&cd =2 Pp |
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I haven't ventured into the realms of honey sweetening yet. Perhaps the effects are different after fermentation. When
putting a must together Terry Garey's book suggests using the same weight of honey as you would sugar (when using light honey) or a bit more if using dark honey. I am interested to hear if the effect for fermentation is different to the sweetening effect post fermentation. Jim For example, where Garey suggests "pp" > wrote in message oups.com... > > > On Oct 9, 11:57 pm, "Eric P." > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a wine sweetening spreadsheet for sweetening wine with sugar. It >> take the specific gravity of a wine and calculates the amount of sugar you >> need to add at botteling to obtain a certain SG or sweetness. My question >> is how much honey is needed to obtain the same results as sugar. For >> example, just for arguments sake, how much honey would be required to obtain >> the same sweetness as 1 pound of sugar? If I knew this I could also have >> the spread sheet calculate the amount of honey needed to obtain a certain >> sweetness. I did not create the spreadsheet but have been trying to >> customize it for my needs. Thanks!! > > Googled "sweetness of honey" and got a document with this: > > On the average honey is 1 to 1.5 times sweeter (on a dry weight basis) > than sugar. Liquid honey isapproximately as sweet as sugar, > > Here's the full article: > > http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:...ct=clnk&cd =2 > > Pp > |
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I also have not used honey. In fact, after reading it was bee-spit, I
have taken honey off my list. Maple Syrup is my sweetener for cooking, teas. Not sure I'd use it for wine sweetening, anyone ever use it? DAve jim wrote: > I haven't ventured into the realms of honey sweetening yet. Perhaps the effects are different after fermentation. When > putting a must together Terry Garey's book suggests using the same weight of honey as you would sugar (when using light > honey) or a bit more if using dark honey. > > I am interested to hear if the effect for fermentation is different to the sweetening effect post fermentation. > > Jim > > For example, where Garey suggests > "pp" > wrote in message oups.com... >> >> On Oct 9, 11:57 pm, "Eric P." > wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a wine sweetening spreadsheet for sweetening wine with sugar. It >>> take the specific gravity of a wine and calculates the amount of sugar you >>> need to add at botteling to obtain a certain SG or sweetness. My question >>> is how much honey is needed to obtain the same results as sugar. For >>> example, just for arguments sake, how much honey would be required to obtain >>> the same sweetness as 1 pound of sugar? If I knew this I could also have >>> the spread sheet calculate the amount of honey needed to obtain a certain >>> sweetness. I did not create the spreadsheet but have been trying to >>> customize it for my needs. Thanks!! >> Googled "sweetness of honey" and got a document with this: >> >> On the average honey is 1 to 1.5 times sweeter (on a dry weight basis) >> than sugar. Liquid honey isapproximately as sweet as sugar, >> >> Here's the full article: >> >> http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:...ct=clnk&cd =2 >> >> Pp >> > > |
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![]() On Oct 11, 2:07 pm, Dave Allison > wrote: > I also have not used honey. In fact, after reading it was bee-spit, I > have taken honey off my list. Maple Syrup is my sweetener for cooking, > teas. Not sure I'd use it for wine sweetening, anyone ever use it? > There is a commercial winery here in BC that uses maple syrup for sweetening of some wines - big success with tourists in duty-free shops... at least it used to be when they could take liquids on the plane. Pp |
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The good old days. sigh.
DA pp wrote: > > On Oct 11, 2:07 pm, Dave Allison > wrote: >> I also have not used honey. In fact, after reading it was bee-spit, I >> have taken honey off my list. Maple Syrup is my sweetener for cooking, >> teas. Not sure I'd use it for wine sweetening, anyone ever use it? >> > > There is a commercial winery here in BC that uses maple syrup for > sweetening of some wines - big success with tourists in duty-free > shops... at least it used to be when they could take liquids on the > plane. > > Pp > |
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Eric P. wrote:
> Hello, > > I have a wine sweetening spreadsheet for sweetening wine with sugar. It > take the specific gravity of a wine and calculates the amount of sugar you > need to add at botteling to obtain a certain SG or sweetness. My question > is how much honey is needed to obtain the same results as sugar. For > example, just for arguments sake, how much honey would be required to obtain > the same sweetness as 1 pound of sugar? If I knew this I could also have > the spread sheet calculate the amount of honey needed to obtain a certain > sweetness. I did not create the spreadsheet but have been trying to > customize it for my needs. Thanks!! > > -- Eric > > |
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