4 cups = 3 pounds?

GilaMinumBeer · Jul 25, 2008

Is that even close?

I plan to pick up honey this weekend and start a mead (first one) to have ready in 7 months when my newest is born.

BigKahuna · Jul 25, 2008

YUP!

1 gallon of Honey = 12#
1/2 gallon is 6#
1/4 gallon is 3#

16 cups to a gallon.

jameswardpeterson · Jul 25, 2008

Honey - cup - 12 oz; 340 g; tbs - .75 oz; 21 g
source:http://www.sweetnapa.com/volume-to-weight-ingredient-conversion

what you could also do is take an old 1lb honey jar and see how many cups of water go into it.

david_42 · Jul 25, 2008

Honey's specific gravity is around 1.450

BigKahuna · Jul 25, 2008

Honey Is Made By Bees!

tooomanycolors · Jul 25, 2008

I believe honey is 1.035 SG

BigKahuna · Jul 26, 2008

tooomanycolors said:
I believe honey is 1.035 SG

UM....Check your math dude. It's 1.100 ish when you mix 3 pounds of it with a gallon of water....1.035...NOT possible.

Yuri_Rage · Jul 26, 2008

tooomanycolors said:
I believe honey is 1.035 SG

Almost.

Adding one pound of honey to one gallon of water will yield an SG of approximately 1.035. The SG of pure honey is far higher.

tooomanycolors · Jul 26, 2008

Hmmm, well I feel kinda dumb. So since Im new to using beersmith, has everyone left the SG of honey thats in there alone. I only ask because with the trappist braggot im planning Im not sure how to take an original gravity or adjusted readings since im doing two honey additions at different times.

malkore · Jul 26, 2008

I don't use beersmith.

you could use beertools.com free version online though.

or just do the math. 1 lb of honey should be 1.035 per gallon of water. 1lb in 5 gallons should be 1.007 increase in gravity.

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