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Good idea to blend it with something! I also thought maybe mulling it with honey and spices would work. I've got three gallons to experiment with, might as well.

Oh, I see. It fermented dry, now it's just sitting in a carboy.

Thanks for the response, seamonkey. I racked it several days ago, and I'm not sure what you mean by titration? I've made Mead a few times and honey is my favourite sweetener, so that's what I'm leaning towards. Since this was a screw up batch that I don't intend on duplicating I haven't taken...

A few weeks ago I spontaneously decided to make apple wine from juice concentrate I had bought beforehand. Problem was it was around 10:30 PM and I had already had several glasses of wine, and I failed to notice that half of the juice I bought was actually orange juice! The cans were the exact...

That's quite possible. I don't have much of a sweet tooth, I prefer savory/spicy foods, so any sweetness to me is very noticeable. My husband loves sweets, though, and he said it was pretty sweet. But it could definitely be from tasting the apple juice and might smooth out over time.

The temp was around 70, there's no way I'd try to correct the reading lol

Yeah, I stared at it for ages to make sure it was right, and then checked it again two days later. It's 19.6%. I'm in Georgia and it's our hottest time of year, so maybe the warm temps had something to do with it?

Hmm, all my meads have come out sweet, even though they fermented dry. I recently had one go to 0.something and still tasted sweet, although it needs to age. I've been using the K1-V1116 all summer since I live in the deep South USA and it's hot, I know that yeast can tolerate higher temps.

Hey, thanks for the response. I'm not shooting for a specific ABV, but as a wine drinker I do prefer the 12-20% range, so I don't want to dilute it too much.

I made a cyser that turned out really good, only problem is it's a tad too sweet and I prefer dry meads/wines. This may be a simple fix for most of you, but I have dyscalculia (math version of dyslexia) and I can't make heads or tails of all the conversions, numbers, etc. SG 1.150, FG 1.000 =...