Observed arrival · 2026-10-29

HiveABV’s brewing calculator

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A free calculator for estimating fermentable ingredients or calculating ABV for mead, wine, cider, and beer.

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For: Homebrewers making mead, wine, cider, or beer
Worth noticing: It switches between two ABV formulas at 8% and notes that whole fruit does not reduce the water estimate.

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The calculator has separate target-ABV and original/final-gravity modes, with controls for batch size, fermentables, and expected final gravity. Its example estimates a 20 L honey batch and states the water-volume assumption; the page also distinguishes juice and syrup volume from whole fruit, which is not subtracted from the water estimate.

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