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I think I will experiment with bread yeast and wine/mead yeast and see what kind of differences there are. I've heard that some people got very high ABV with bread yeast, as much as 17%. Can it really fluctuate that much? About the cherry mead, it's a 1 gallon batch but with 2 pounds of...

That could be the case, but it was only fermenting for a few days or a week before it stopped and I'm not too sure but I had the impression that fermentation usually lasts much longer. And 77 degrees does sound high, but its room temperature and feels pretty cool especially during the summer...

Well the messed up wine yeast joam is made with Lalvin d47 and I never took an og. I measured a week later and it came to 1.03. Also I think I didn't use enough water, because when I racked it from the pail to a 1 gallon carboy, it only filled like 3/4 of the way. Plus the bread yeast I put in...

Hey guys, new brewer here. My 1st two batches of mead were JOAMs, but 1 with bread yeast and 1 with wine yeast and I gotta say, the wine yeast isn't turning out so good. The color is off and it doesn't smell as good as the bread yeast. Plus it got stuck a few days after I pitched. I tried...