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Originally Posted by drunkmonkey
On the other side of things, if I add too much water what would happen to the mead?
I know i I add too much honey it just makes it sweeter.
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More honey will not make it sweeter necessarily. More honey will give it more alcohol.
If you add more water, you'll water it down.
I'd suggest getting a hydrometer and using it- that would probably be the most helpful item in meadmaking.
I'd get a smaller carboy- that would be easier than trying to adjust the mead if you don't just want to scale the recipe up to your carboy size. I have several Carlo Rossi jugs (they are 4L) and a couple of 3 gallon carboys, a couple of 5s, 6s, etc. Each time you rack, you will have some racking losses. Either top up if it's a very small amount, or rack to a smaller carboy.
Your 6 gallon carboy doesn't look like it even has 4 gallons in it but it's hard to tell in the picture. You could get a 3 gallon carboy and a 1 gallon jug.
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