Hi All,
I am trying to plan out a 1 gallon batch of sweet mead. I want to see if my understanding is correct. I used thr calculator from gotmead to do this:
I have 3.5# of hone for a 1 gallon batch. This should give my an SG of 1.126. The calcualtor states the potential abv at 16.23%. I plan to use Lavlin d-47 (which tolerates up to 14% ABV?) If this is true, I should hae about 2% of the sugars remaining? So will this be a sweet mead?
Then I plan to add step nutirents. Given an OG of 1.126 and a n ABV of 14%, I should have an FG of ~1.022. I believe I am supposed to add nutrients at the begining, 1/3 and 2/3 of the way throug hfermentation. If that is the case I would add at the beginning, SG of 1.091 and SG of 1.056.
Am I right in my thinking? Thanks for looking this over. Set me straight If I need it!
Cheers,
Brian
I am trying to plan out a 1 gallon batch of sweet mead. I want to see if my understanding is correct. I used thr calculator from gotmead to do this:
I have 3.5# of hone for a 1 gallon batch. This should give my an SG of 1.126. The calcualtor states the potential abv at 16.23%. I plan to use Lavlin d-47 (which tolerates up to 14% ABV?) If this is true, I should hae about 2% of the sugars remaining? So will this be a sweet mead?
Then I plan to add step nutirents. Given an OG of 1.126 and a n ABV of 14%, I should have an FG of ~1.022. I believe I am supposed to add nutrients at the begining, 1/3 and 2/3 of the way throug hfermentation. If that is the case I would add at the beginning, SG of 1.091 and SG of 1.056.
Am I right in my thinking? Thanks for looking this over. Set me straight If I need it!
Cheers,
Brian