Pinchecharlie
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I decided to jump right in with some gallon batches of mead as Iam brand new to brewing. I have a christmass spice BOOM that I started with eight others two days ago. I tried to follow the instructions the best I could . I must have read the hydrometer really wrong when I started because as I was checking today to see if I was ready for the sna's it was higher than what it was supposed to be when I started oops ! So it was supposed to be 1.100 and after two days it's 1.200 (almost I am still struggling to read it with foam and poor eyesight and inexperience) so in my mind it has way to much sugars? When I was mixing other batches I realized that to get accurate honey weights was a bit difficult but as common sense would dictate add honey =higher . More water=lower. So Iam ok with a screw up but what will this do? Too much sugar and the yeast for a recipe for less= really cloyingly sweet ? Or massive abv% and ruined? Can you simply poor out some and add water to lower it or is it much too late because the yeast is working and will be lost? So bad start on that one anyway and if I read it so wrong well then we'll see on the others (two where right but not feeling confident ). I would like to understand this problem as much as see if there is a remedy so I would appreciate your advice . Thanks in advance for your reply. The Christmass BOOM recipe can be found on denardbrewing.com
Thanks again
Christmas spice BOOM
Cyeser BOOM
Perfect BOOM
Ken Schramms dry show mead
Medium show mead
Sweet mead
Brochet mead
Apple pie cider
And homemade root beer hah!
Hope one of them will come out!
Thanks again
Christmas spice BOOM
Cyeser BOOM
Perfect BOOM
Ken Schramms dry show mead
Medium show mead
Sweet mead
Brochet mead
Apple pie cider
And homemade root beer hah!
Hope one of them will come out!