Well, that obviously depends on the recipe and amount of alcohol.
A quick search of the web says pure alcohol is like 0.800 or 0.792 (I assume the 0.800 is a rounding).
Assuming nothing but water and alcohol are the only gravity components (I'm sure they're not, but for ease of calculation).
Assuming you're making a mead where 15% of the content is alcohol, then theoretically you could be sitting at 0.969 (15% @ 0.792, 85% at 1.000)
That said, that's where those "other" things come into play, I don't think it's possible to actually get down that low with a standard recipe, but would be what you would get if you blended 15% pure alcohol and 85% water.
Does that math look right to the rest of you???
Seeing how I'm not a fan of 'dry' anything, I know my taste buds don't want to see 0.990 or below.
I've seen 0.986 (once). Usually you don't even see it get to 0.990.
Medsen
Isn't it funny how something not sweet to someone else is way too sweet for me? That's one of the beauties of making your own, I guess. I can my meads and wines dry (or off-dry at 1.000 which I also like at times, depending on the recipe) and others can give theirs a sweet finish and we're all happy.
a 1.008 wine? that makes me want to wash my mouth out with lemon juice. i like mine .992 also
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