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Very helpful. I think I’m on the right track with my thinking so far. It’s cool you have access to a gas chromatograph. Haven’t seen one of those since grad school! I guess what I was thinking is if you (hypothetically) added 1 lb of honey to a solution of 100% honey, to equal a total of one...

Gotcha, I rounded down on the first batches OG because intuitively adding honey to a non-water non1.000 SG didn't seem like it would add the 0.35 that it adds to a water 1.000. But I'll certainly take the extra points :) I noticed I used the same abv formula as you, except I used x135...

So i made my first 2 batches of mead. 1 gallon carboy, each. I did not have a hydrometer at the time, so sadly I did not obtain OG readings. I have since purchased one and have been taking readings. Both of the following batches used D47 yeast. I also followed yeast nutrients schedule of day 1...

Extremely helpful! Seems fruit flys dig my mead. I never have fruit flys but ironically I just harvested over 100 bananas from my banana trees and have them inside... Just realized they are the source of my new fruit fly friends. Bananas are now ripening outside... that fixed the fruit fly issue...

Yes sir. I soaked everything in StarSan solution and even have a spray bottle I use when even touching the carboys. I use StarSan in my airlocks. Ironically one of the airlocks may have a leak, cause the StarSan level goes down much faster than the other carboy.

You are probably right. I did just sprinkle the yeast. What should I be looking for or smelling for to ensure mead doesn't go bad?

I really hope mead making will teach me to be more patient. Anyways, made my first gallon yesterday, and second today. 1st gallon: I wanted to try cyser, but thought it'd be too sweet if I used all apple juice. I had some apple cider sitting around (from honey crisp apples) so I decided to use...