thanks for the great response! yea I used eating grapes and you're right everything settled to the bottom when i took my reading, which would explain why its so low.
Thanks for the advice :mug:
Ok so i just started a batch of mead, that consists of:
18l water
15lbs honey
10lbs fresh grapes
The gravity is 1.075 which should end up around 10% alc. Im a noobie and dont understand how its such low alcohol % considering i added 10lbs of fruit and 15lbs of honey.
I have another...
Hi guys, ive made a few batches so far and never bought a hydrometer, so i've never really known what % my mead is. Finally got off my ass and got one ;)
I can taste my previous batches have similar alcohol levels + i've pretty much stuck to using 7kg honey + 5gal water per batch.
However I...