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A question regarding final gravity

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fathand

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In Chapter 7 of the NewBee Guide there is a scale of the commonly accepted final gravities for each level of dry/sweetness. Listed below.

Scale
Dry: 0.990 – 1.006
Medium: 1.006 – 1.015
Sweet: 1.012 – 1.020
Dessert: 1.020+

I assume this scale applies to pyments, cysers, melomels, etc. Is my assumption correct?

Thanks.
 

AToE

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Well, things like acidity and tannin can effect how sweet something in any of those ranges tastes too, but I think yes, that is the generally accepted scale.

Being a lover of dryness, I have my own scale though ;):

Dry: 0.990 – 1.002 (that 2 is pushing it!)
Medium: 1.002 – 1.010 = hopefully has some acidity or this is too much for me.
Sweet: 1.010 – 1.020 = like drinking candy
Dessert: 1.020+ = I'm afraid of this range. :eek:

Take that with a grain of salt... or a handfull!
 

Medsen Fey

Fuselier since 2007
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Dry: 0.990 – 1.002 (that 2 is pushing it!)
Medium: 1.002 – 1.010 = hopefully has some acidity or this is too much for me.
Sweet: 1.010 – 1.020 = like drinking candy
Dessert: 1.020+ = I'm afraid of this range. :eek:

Pish-Tosh! ;D
Why you just need a little acidity to work with. From prior batches, my orange marmalade melomel doesn't even begin to taste sweet until the gravity gets up to about 1.040-1.050.
 

AToE

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Pish-Tosh! ;D
Why you just need a little acidity to work with. From prior batches, my orange marmalade melomel doesn't even begin to taste sweet until the gravity gets up to about 1.040-1.050.


;D Someday someone will convince me! Maybe I'll try tossing a pile of acid blend into the next bottle I open of something that finished sweet.
 
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