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Hi

I’m new to this, my mate and I brewed our first beer and cider at the beer factory in seven hills.

The cider recipe had 3300g of sugar, which i worked out as 3300 / 144 bottles = just under 23g of sugar per bottle.

My question is, does all the sugar end up in the bottle once fermented and all the process are complete?

Hi Mimps! Welcome to the Forum. First of all, if you do a bit of research into the process (Google's good!), you will discover that all that sugar is actually eaten up by the yeast - this is called "fermentation" and is what produces the alcohol. You will also discover that once fermentation is complete and you bottle the cider (or beer) you will then add a tiny bit more sugar to each bottle (about 6 gm) and this will ferment again with what yeast is left and give you the bubbles. This is called "carbonation" or "secondary fermentation" and will take about another 2 weeks. You then get to drink it!

So I guess to answer your question, yes, in a way all that sugar does end up in the bottle - but in a different form - alcohol !!

Next time, give the beer factory a miss, buy a Coopers kit from Woolies and do the whole thing yourself - much more fun...

Also... check out the Stickies at the top of this forum - you wil find a wealth of information for beginners.

Cool, ill have a bit of a look around.

is there anyway to work out how many kjs are in each bottle or anything like that?

Check out "www.calorieking.com.au" and go to "Recipes, Articles & More" (top menu bar) and then "Browse our Food Database" and key "beer" into the search bar. Here is a preview:

Alcohol: - Average All Brands -
Stout (5.7% alc.)
106 cals / glass

Beer: - Average All Brands -
Ale (4.8% alc.)
70 cals / glass
Bitter or Draught (4% alc.)
72 cals / glass
Full Strength (4.9% alc.)
72 cals / glass
Lager (5% alc.)
72 cals / glass
Light (2.7% alc.)
50 cals / glass
Low Carb (4% alc.)
58 cals / glass
Midstrength (3.5% alc.)
48 cals / glass

Cider: - Average All Brands -
Dry (4.7% alc.)
78 cals / glass
Sweet (4.7% alc.)
106 cals / glass

This screenshot is in calories, but once you go into the database you can change your options for kj's, quantity, etc. Good luck!

Anna

The amount of calories would be a direct reflection of your beers Final Gravity which is unfermented sugars!

Mick.

Not sure about that Mick! I'm pretty sure even the sugar that has been fermented would provide calories... (but I apologise in advance if I haven't understood your post). Where's all our chemists today?

In any case, I reckon techo stuff like that is still pretty much over Mimps' head at this stage.

Happy Christmas everyone!! Try to stay upright!