[Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague

[Richard Samul]

On Sep 29, 2010, at 8:01 AM, DK Wickstrom wrote:

>         As an addendum to this idea, and an avenue for possible
> exploration- http://gizmodo.com/5647605/turning-welchs-into-wine-in-48-hours
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>         A question about the numbers above, though- is the 3% ABV
> figure just for the brew itself, or for the entire volume to be
> disinfected? In other words, if you mix a half gallon of 3% alcohol
> wine with a half gallon of sketchy water, the total ABV is only going
> to be 1.5%.
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It is my understanding that the ABV of the "finished" drink needs to  
be 3% or better  to achieve disinfection - so in your example above,  
you'd need to start with 1/2 gallon of 6% ABV and add 1/2 gallon of  
water to achieve 1 gallon of 3% ABV. I'll leave the math of other  
quantities and ABV's to your discretion.

(For the uninitiated, ABV = Alcohol by Volume)

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Earc