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

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In this case the requisite alcoholic percentage for the entire mix is 3%, so
with one gallon of 9% wine you can cleanse 3 gallons of Sketchy water. 1:3
ratio with 9% which is pretty standard with wines.  Infact a good number of
wines that you will find in a store are around 11-13%...  Most of the
batches that I like to make tend to push in excess of 18% and I've had a
couple of batches that ended up at 24%.  Anyway, try to keep it at or above
3%.

I should add that I see this as a way to supplement the water that one has
boiled, it gives some flavor, and it would be a nice change from just
drinking plain ol' boiled water.

Anyway, just wanted to throw in my bit.


On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Richard Samul <scascot at mac.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >         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%.
> >
> >
> >
> > --Instrom, ska Morgan d'Antioche
> > DarkHeart Armoury "...a tradition of Fine, Custom Armour
> > since last Tuesday."
> > www.darkheartarmoury.com
>
> 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)
>
> --
> Earc
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