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Thanks for the replies. From what MedsenFey said, it sounds to me that dried fruit might be best for me to use, considering that I had a fairly low OG in the first place (1.085), and I would like to increase my abv if I can, as well as add some flavor. I'm not going to expect to increase it by...

I assume that adding fruit or juice during secondary fermentation will increase alcohol percentage. So here's my question. Is there a way to factor that into your abv calculation? For example, let's say your gravity reads 1.0XX at the beginning of secondary, and then you add fruit, and your...

It started out cold for the first week or so, and then I moved it upstairs to a warmer room. That got it going. I added a little bit of energizer as per suggestion, and I'm going to take another gravity reading in about another week. Hopefully I'll see some results.

Ok, to clarify: It's actually 4 gallons water + 1 gallon honey in a 5 gallon carboy. I wouldn't describe the fermentation as lackluster. It was going pretty strong until about 10 days ago, when it slowed to 1 per 10 seconds. It was that slowing that made me decide to rack, and it was after...

Hey there. I'm new at this (first batch), and I have a couple of questions. I'm making a basic mead, just to get my feet wet. 1 gallon (about 12 lbs.) honey, 5 gallons water in a 5 gallon carboy. I added the ingredients and pitched the yeast (1 packet Lalvin 71B-1122) and about 2 tsp. energizer...