Help with OG addjustment

[mikelikesit2000]

Can someone please tell me how to figure this out?

My original gravity was 1.055 I then added 2 1/2 # of honey. My wort volume was 6 gallons

I need to know what my total OG was to figure my abv.

This fermented down to 1.010

Thanks

 

[nilo]

assuming the honey you used has a ppg= 50 = points per pound per galon, the total points you added to your 6 gals of wort is:
p=weight added*ppg/volume
p=2.5*50/6
p=20.8
so your new OG will be 1.055+0.0208
New OG=1.0758
Your AVB% is =129*(OG-FG)
ABV%=129*(1.0758-1.010)
ABV%=8.49

 

[mikelikesit2000]

assuming the honey you used has a ppg= 50 = points per pound per galon, the total points you added to your 6 gals of wort is:
p=weight added*ppg/volume
p=2.5*50/6
p=20.8
so your new OG will be 1.055+0.0208
New OG=1.0758
Your AVB% is =129*(OG-FG)
ABV%=129*(1.0758-1.010)
ABV%=8.49

Thanks a bunch Nilo. I missed my OG terribly on this IPA (too much sparge water) and needed to give it a bump. I thought that 2.5 # of honey would get me close and it did then.

 

[dcp27]

assuming the honey you used has a ppg= 50 = points per pound per galon,

50ppg? isn't honey usually quoted around 35?

your OG should be around 1.067 (the honey would have added 0.2 gallons to the batch)