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Thanks you for your input guys, really appreciate it! ill try these out and get report back in 6months

To be honest it doesnt make sense that the yeast could be capable of producing that high ABV, I must have made a mistake somewhere in the chain, but i had to take a gravity reading multiple times while adding honey to get it up 1.200. I thought it was right but it must not be? Either way, I have...

I had to bring the OG up to 1.200 by adding more honey after the addition of the fruit, since in the recipe the target OG was 1.206. Ill measure it again incase i made an error but the FG was measured at .998. I had to buy a deeper graduated cylinder because my hydrometer was touching the...

hmm thats odd. In the recipe in the book Steve Platz writes "OG 1.206 (Before fruit addition; effective OG about 1.138)" unless im reading the the above statement incorrectly, he also gained ~60 points from the addition of the fruit. The fruit was crushed, not juiced or pureed. I am also...

Before the addition of the berries it was 1.138

Hello, I recently made my second batch of mead following the mixed berry recipe in "the complete guide to making mead" by Steve Platz. It blew through gravity points and fermented really quickly. It only sat with the fruit in 5 gal bucket primary for 11 days before I had to rack it into a 3...