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Old 02-01-2012, 03:32 PM   #21
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Dark brown sugar weights a ton more than cane sugar
To hit 1.211, you'd need about 1.5 lbs of sugar.
2 cups of cane sugar weighs about 3/4 lb
2 cups of water weighs one lb
I'd be quite surprised if 2 cups of brown sugar weighed 1.5 lbs

According to this website, it weighs about 14 oz.

http://www.traditionaloven.com/conversions_of_measures/sugar_amounts.html


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Old 02-01-2012, 04:25 PM   #22
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No reason to argue. Guy got his calc a little off. Either way the d47 will poop out and leave a very sweet mead...

I just stated that brown weighs more than Cain.

What ever the case. Everyone agrees that doubling is the best shot at a drinkable mead
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:08 PM   #23
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Ok it has been fermenting for 5 days now really foamed up the first 3 and been bubbling away since then

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I did get my calcs off, I re-entered the numbers and now getting SG of 1.198, based off of pure cane sugar. still really high
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Old 02-02-2012, 06:12 AM   #25
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i do thank everyone for there helpful hints--been drinking for some time now--bored so i would post whats going on here-probly ranting on sorry for that--its been fermenting so i guess its good for now when it dies out i can repinch with ec-1118(have alot of packs of that here-no sence buying more)--dont know if it was a good idea to make this but at the time it was--back then it was tiral and error-but thankfull for the net where we can ask for help and get everyones opinion on the matter even the guys or gals that been doing it for what seams like forever( thank you very very much it does matter what you say)..umm ranting again lol sorry.... but i probly will repinch and see what happen will keep everyone up to date on what happens and how it does turn out--like i said before thank you very very much and will count on your skills again and again and again...lol thats the good part about everything ranting again sorry... my strong wine does that..sorry...will keep everyone posted
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Old 02-11-2012, 12:49 AM   #26
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well its been 14 days and this mead is still bubbling away like crazy--this going to be a long time till i taste it june the earlist--so i made another mead

3 lbs orange blossom honey
1 tsp yeast nurt.
1 gallon water
1 ec-1118 yeast pack

at least i get to try this one in 2 months


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