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Scottish arithmetic -- haha. Problem is that I have probably pulled out at least a pint of the wort over 4 months of sampling, which would not be a big deal if it were a 5 gallon batch but it's only a gallon. FWIW, the new SG is 1.026 probably meaningless. madscientist451 -- who said I was...

btw, did decide to add some water just to see what happens -- now calculating ABV is getting complicated ... not that I'm obsessed with needing to know, just interesting to see what happens

Ah you're in Saratoga Springs -- not far. Grahamsville NY, near Ellenville here. The formula I got from Papazian was the difference of OG and FG multiplied by 105, which got me the 14%. Now rereading, I see that is for alcohol by weight, not volume. Thanks again! I have tried shaking the...

Thanks Bernard (and Happy New Year). I am excited that someone else has made this as it was hard to find any information. Curious where you got your heather honey? (And if it is the heather that actually has the fogg on it that apparently is only in Scotland.) Sorry for the missed detail --...

Hello and thanks for any thoughts on the following. I wanted to try and make a Heather Mead that was similar to Pictish descriptions I have read. Steeped 1/2 cup heather flowers in 1 quart water overnight. Next day realized miscalculated and steeped another 1 cup of heather flowers with 2...