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yes. Both Calculations are still considered best guesses. But ABV doesn't rise linearly as in the the standard OG-FG*yada. Works fine for beers that are typically under 10% but the higher you get the more off the basic calculation becomes because ABV does not actually raise in a linear fashion...

Seamonkey, your using the simplified ABV Calc. I use the alt calculation as it is said to be better for higher ABV brewing. Either way, he's definitely finishing sweet....if he can ever get it off the ground.

Looks like your at a 1.140 (roughly 21% potential)which, if fermented to the tolerance of your current yeast( ~14%) will be a very, very sweet strawberry mead. Looking at the specs of 71B (I've not used it before) it looks like it may need a lot of O2 or it won't be happy. It has moderate...

You say 'covered' and that you can't see bubbles. Does this mean you are not using an actual airlock? No bubbles does not mean no fermentation, not necessarily anyways. Based on the numbers you provided in the original post, and without knowing what the strawberries bring as far as sugar...

They make 2 gal buckets (I have a few) for making 1 gal mead and there is plenty of room for additives like fruit when you decide to go that route. 5 gal bucket in my opinion would just be overkill and allow too much room for error.

According to McDonald's website the ingredients are listed as 100% Pure Grade A Honey According to the FDA,"Manufacturers must now label products as honey "blends" if they include anything other than pure honey produced by bees" So I'm fairly certain I'm dealing with straight honey. Blended...

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