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Help trying to figure out proportions for alcohol in a 5L barrel?

I have a 5L oak barrel and I'm trying to figure out how many bottles to buy. I'm going to barrel and age a mixed drink.

The ratios for the mixed drink are 1.5oz:1oz:1oz

There's usually 750 ml in a bottle of booze. Can someone help me figure out how many liters of each type of alcohol (there's 3) I will need to use? I would like to know because I want to experiment a little with the ratios, like1.75:1:1 or 2:1:1.

Thanks for any help.

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  • James
    Lv 6
    5 years ago
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    From the numbers given you have a few ways to go about it.. I went it percentages. 1.5:1:1 this isn't super accurate but really close 44%:28%:28%. So no matter the volume this percent ratio stand close enough. So for 5l.. 44% is 2200ml and 28% is 1400ml. If you use 750ml bottles that's 2.93 bottles so basically 3 bottles for the 44% and 1.86 bottles for each of he 28% to pretty much fill the barrel. The reality here this is a horrible idea and most likely waste almost a 100 bucks in booze trying this. Aging takes months if not years and whatever was in that barrel before is going to mix with your concoction. LIVE and learn right!

  • You took a lot of time to write out the question. It seems you're more than capable of solving it.

  • Adam D
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    You're right I eventually figured it out. Thanks for believing in me. HA!

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