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Wildmazer, Tried my refractometer and couldn't get a reading so it is lower than 45%. I'm thinking it is in the 30-40 Brix range. I purchased a wine and beer hydrometer and it reads a specific gravity of 1.115. Also got some yeast from a wine store (k1-v1116). I put 1 packet of the yeast in...

Hi folks, I am new to this and am looking for advice on making maple mead. I am a maple syrup producer and ended up with about 4 - 5 gallon buckets of about 40 - 50 % sugar maple concentrate at the end of this years run. Before I had the opportunity to finish the concentrate into maple syrup...