What is the formula for calculating how much sugar sugar syrup contains?

[Ely]

Don’t ask why it’s mls per gallon. Blame hivemaker.

Good old Hivemaker.

I'm pretty useless at maths and didn't know how much sugar and water the make an exact gallon of 2:1 to add the thymol to. Without Thymol, guess work would be ok but didn't want to overdose.

This came in handy - https://www.iowabees.com/syrup

 

[JamezF]

Don’t ask why it’s mls per gallon. Blame hivemaker.

Sounds normal to me. I sometimes measure things in inches and millimetres when it's convenient

James

 

[fian]

The apparent density of a 100 brix solution is approximately 1.44 gr/l.
In this link you will find the value of the apparent density depending on degrees Brix and temperature.
Finally, remember that a brix degree is the solution of 1 gram of sucrose in 100 g of final solution.
http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1683-07892011000100006

 

[Rivachaz]

30g thymol crystals placed in honey jar,add 5ml of isopropyl alcohol to the crystals,place jar into a water bath of boiling water to speed up the dissolving process.
In another jar pour in 140 ml of boiling water and add 1 teaspoon of lecithin granules, stir well,and place this jar into a water bath of boiling water,stirring often for abot ten minutes or so until most of the lecithin granules have dissolved,you can then strain this mixture through a teastrainer or similar to remove any granules that have not dissolved fully,then simply add the dissolved thymol to this mix,and shake well,will look just like a jar of milk.
To use add 5ml to each gallon of syrup and stir well,

“To use add 5ml to each gallon of syrup and stir well”


Which liquid measurement does it apply to:

Uk (4.54Litres)
or
US gallon (3.78 Litres) ?

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Don’t ask why it’s mls per gallon. Blame hivemaker.

Did the original recipe simply state a teaspoonful?

 

[fian]

The apparent density of a 100 brix solution is approximately 1.44 gr/l.
In this link you will find the value of the apparent density depending on degrees Brix and temperature.
Finally, remember that a brix degree is the solution of 1 gram of sucrose in 100 g of final solution.
http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1683-07892011000100006

Excuse me, it would be 1.44 Kg/l and not 1.44 gr/l.
Process.
Take a container marked with a capacity of 1 liter.
Weigh the empty container on a scale. Write down the value.
Pour the volume equivalent to 1L into the container.
Weigh the container on the scale. Write down the value.
The apparent weight of the syrup will be the difference in values.
Look in the table for the Brix, Temperature ranges for which your apparent weight is between these values.
Take the temperature of the sample and average between the brix for that which matches the sampled temperature value.
Testing.
Add a liter of water to the syrup in the previous container. Stir the mixture until homogeneous.
Repeat the previous steps.
The new Brix value should be equal to bnew= sugar weight*100/(apparent weight1+1000)
but the weight of sugar*100= a brix sample 1*apparent weight sample 1.
Therefore
1/New Brix= 1/sample brix1+ 1000/(sample brix1*sample1 apparent weight).
This last formula allows you to calculate the apparent weight of a sample with 2 Brix readings and a thermometer without the need for a scale.

 

[Mint Bee]

life's too short

 

[pargyle]

life's too short

Ain't it just ... there's hard to understand, complicated, incomprehensible and then totally off the Brix scale of comprehension !

 

[Erichalfbee]

Did the original recipe simply state a teaspoonful?

Yes. Approx 5 mls

 

[Erichalfbee]

“To use add 5ml to each gallon of syrup and stir well”


Which liquid measurement does it apply to:

Uk (4.54Litres)
or
US gallon (3.78 Litres) ?

You’ll be right at home along with @fian when the “how to make syrup” thread really gets going.

 

[pargyle]

You’ll be right at home along with @fian when the “how to make syrup” thread really gets going.

No No No ... far too early for the dreaded syrupfest !!

 

[Erichalfbee]

I quite look forward to it

 

[Rivachaz]

I quite look forward to it

So is is uk or us gallons used for the hivemaker receipe ?

 

[Erichalfbee]

So is is uk or us gallons used for the hivemaker receipe ?

U.K.
Sorry I thought you might be joking

 

[Rivachaz]

U.K.
Sorry I thought you might be joking