Well I gave a 1 gallon JAOM a try and failed I think. I started one before Thanksgiving this year and I just tested it out today. I do not know what the OG was but I do know that the ingredients were
3# of honey
3 oranges (yeah the big ones....)
2 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
25 rasins
I know the total liquid volume (water + honey) is around 2.5 liters. (those 3 oranges took up a lot of room in the jug)
Anyway the FG is somewhere around 1.08 and is worse than drinking cough syrup.....nasty stuff. Is there any way to bring it down? I'm assuming the OG was way too high to start with and the yeast pooped out because its very alcoholic.
On a lighter note I started a 2.5 gallon batch using blackberries instead of oranges and in 1 month the FG was around 0.99.. tastes pretty good I think.
*edit. Should be 1.008, I read the hydrometer wrong. See 3 posts down.
3# of honey
3 oranges (yeah the big ones....)
2 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
25 rasins
I know the total liquid volume (water + honey) is around 2.5 liters. (those 3 oranges took up a lot of room in the jug)
Anyway the FG is somewhere around 1.08 and is worse than drinking cough syrup.....nasty stuff. Is there any way to bring it down? I'm assuming the OG was way too high to start with and the yeast pooped out because its very alcoholic.
On a lighter note I started a 2.5 gallon batch using blackberries instead of oranges and in 1 month the FG was around 0.99.. tastes pretty good I think.
*edit. Should be 1.008, I read the hydrometer wrong. See 3 posts down.