My brew club is doing a "Wort Transformation Challenge" type competition - we got together and brewed a 10 gal batch of a base pale ale, and then anyone participating took a gallon home to do as we pleased with yeast, dry-hopping, and any other additions. I decided to try a pineapple IPA. Left it sit in primary for just over a week, then racked to secondary, and added two and a half cans of pineapple and about 1/2-3/4 oz of dried, whole leaf hops. It's been in secondary for about two weeks now, and I'm probably going to check FG tonight and make a decision about bottling.
My question is, I know the OG of the wort (1.048, if I remember correctly - don't have it written down here at work). But FG isn't really going to help me calculate ABV, as I added a metric crap-ton of fermentable sugars in the secondary with the pineapple (I added all of the fruit, plus the juices from all cans. I wanted the pineapple to really come through.)
Am I correct in thinking OG/FG isn't going to really help me in determining ABV? I guess I maybe should have checked gravity before and after adding the fruit, but I didn't, so..
(And I fully realize that my fruit and hop additions may have been way off base for any known recipe, but I figured what the hell - it's a 1 gallon batch, good opportunity to wing it and see what happens.)
My question is, I know the OG of the wort (1.048, if I remember correctly - don't have it written down here at work). But FG isn't really going to help me calculate ABV, as I added a metric crap-ton of fermentable sugars in the secondary with the pineapple (I added all of the fruit, plus the juices from all cans. I wanted the pineapple to really come through.)
Am I correct in thinking OG/FG isn't going to really help me in determining ABV? I guess I maybe should have checked gravity before and after adding the fruit, but I didn't, so..
(And I fully realize that my fruit and hop additions may have been way off base for any known recipe, but I figured what the hell - it's a 1 gallon batch, good opportunity to wing it and see what happens.)