Alcohol Reduction Chart


by Dale Vick
2007

Formula : Alcohol % of wine on hand -lx 100                    Percent of water to add Alcohol % wanted

eg.        Add 4.35% water to a sample of 12% alcohol wine to reduce sample to 11.5 % alcohol

eg.        100 mls of 12% alcohol wine plus 4.35 mls water = 11.5 % alcohol wine

Alcohol

of wine

12%

Alcohol

wanted

% water

to add

cyo

Alcohol

of wine

12.5%

Alcohol

wanted

cyo

% water

to add

Alcohol

of wine

13%

Alcohol

wanted

% water

to add

cyo

12

11.5%

4.35

12.5

12.0%

4.17

13

12.5%

4.00

12

11.0%

9.09

12.5

11.5%

8.70

13

12.0%

8.33

12

10.5%

14.29

12.5

11.0%

13.64

13

11.5%

13.04

12

10.0%

20.00

12.5

10.5%

19.05

13

11.0%

18.18

12

9.5%

26.32

12.5

10.0%

25.00

13

10.5%

23.81

12

9.0%

33.33

12.5

9.5%

31.58

13

10.0%

30.00

12

8.5%

41.18

12.5

9.0%

38.89

13

9.5%

36.84

12

8.0%

50.00

12.5

8.5%

47.06

13

9.0%

44.44

 

Alcohol

of wine

13.5%

Alcohol

wanted

water

to add

cyo

Alcohol

of wine

14.0%

Alcohol

wanted

water

to add

Alcohol

of wine

14.5%

Alcohol

wanted

% water

to add

13.5

13.0%

3.85

14.0

13.5%

3.70

14.5

14.0%

3.57

13.5

12.5%

8.00

14.0

13.0%

7.69

14.5

13.5%

7.41

13.5

12.0%

12.50

14.0

12.5%

12.00

14.5

13.0%

11.54

13.5

11.5%

17.39

14.0

12.0%

16.67

14.5

12.5%

16.00

13.5

11.0%

22.73

14.0

11.5%

21.74

14.5

12.0%

20.83

13.5

10.5%

28.57

14.0

11.0%

27.27

14.5

11.5%

26.09

13.5

10.0%

35.00

14.0

10.5%

33.33

14.5

11.0%

31.82

 

Alcohol

of wine

15.0%

Alcohol

wanted

water

to add

cyo

Alcohol

of wine

15.5%

Alcohol

wanted

cyo

% water

to add

Alcohol

of wine

16.0%

Alcohol

wanted

% water

to add

15.0

14.5%

3.45

15.5

15.0%

3.33

16.0

15.5%

3.23

15.0

14.0%

7.14

15.5

14.5%

6.90

16.0

15.0%

6.67

15.0

13.5%

11.11

15.5

14.0%

10.71

16.0

14.5%

10.34

15.0

13.0%

15.38

15.5

13.5%

14.81

16.0

14.0%

14.29

15.0

12.5%

20.00

15.5

13.0%

19.23

16.0

13.5%

18.52

15.0

12.0%

25.00

15.5

12.5%

24.00

16.0

13.0%

23.08

15.0

11.5%

30.43

15.5

12.0%

29.17

16.0

12.5%

28.00

15.0

11.0%

36.36

15.5

11.5%

34.78

16.0

12.0%

33.33

 

Alcohol

of wine

16.5%

Alcohol

wanted

water

to add

cyo

Alcohol

of wine

17.0%

Alcohol

wanted

% water

to add

cyo

Alcohol

of wine

17.5%

Alcohol

wanted

cyo

% water

to add

0/0

16.5

16.0%

3.13

17.0

16.5%

3.03

17.5

17.0%

2.94

16.5

15.5%

6.45

17.0

16.0%

6.25

17.5

16.5%

6.06

16.5

15.0%

10.00

17.0

15.5%

9.68

17.5

16.0%

9.38

16.5

14.5%

13.79

17.0

15.0%

13.33

17.5

15.5%

12.90

16.5

14.0%

17.86

17.0

14.5%

17.24

17.5

15.0%

16.67

16.5

13.5%

22.22

17.0

14.0%

21.43

17.5

14.5%

20.69

16.5

13.0%

26.92

17.0

13.5%

25.93

17.5

14.0%

25.00