Trouble with OG

[Alchemymead]

Alright I'm doing a couple 3 gallon batches and I used 6 lbs of raw local honey (Las Vegas) in each but my refractometer said 1.087 on one and (close to) 1.101. Are my readings off? If not, is that enough honey (in either) to get to 14% I'm using 71b-1122 lavin yeast.

 

[Alchemymead]

Sorry, the one that read 1.101 was a strawberry mead

 

[imasickboy]

Honey is so much more dense than water, it takes a crazy amount of effort to thoroughly mix the two of them evenly enough to get an accurate gravity reading.

6 pounds in 3 gallons, at 1.035 pppg, equals 1.070, and fermented dry would be ~9.25% ABV.

 

[Alchemymead]

Ok, that's what I thought