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Where exactly do you live, OP, and where does your water come from? Part of the reason we make so many IPAs out here in Cascadia is the easy availability of very soft tap water - the water here in Seattle comes from mountain snow melt, so the mineral content is very small. In contrast, the tap...

I certainly don't see why not, but there's only one way to find out, no?

Well, that's certainly a cool idea! What do nettles taste like, exactly? My only experience with them is as a glycerite extract.

1.053 is what around what I would expect for the OG of a normal cider, so assuming there are no obvious signs of fermentation whatsoever and no obvious drop in gravity 3 or 4 days after the yeast was pitched, it seems like fermentation is just plain old not happening. I don't do cider too often...

1.052 sounds pretty reasonable for a cider. Your final ABV will depend to a certain extent on how dry it ferments (which will in turn depend on what yeast you use) but you should end up with something in the normal range. A darker color after adding brown sugar isn't surprising - after all...

My first thought is that, just by the math, is that an extra gallon of water alone is not enough to explain the difference in gravity. If you had 10 gallons of wort at 1.061 and added a gallon of just water, then the back of my envelope says you should end up with 11 gallons at around 1.055...

No problem! If you ever start to branch out and are having trouble finding a local homebrew store near you, there's always the internet - I'm sure at least some of the internet stores will ship to PR.

Adding more yeast is certainly not something would lower the ABV - if anything you would get more alcohol, not less. To elaborate - the final alcohol content of a beverage (ABV, Alcohol By Volume) is primarily determined by two factors. The first of these is the amount of sugar available for...

Yeah, I'd definitely say that adding essential oils seems unwise - not only did you end up way overdoing the flavors, but cinnamon oil has a pretty strong antifungal action, so adding to your primary is going to make your yeast pretty grumpy. In the future, to add spice to your mead, try...