Hey everyone, Newbee here.
I have been reading about Mead for a few weeks now and feel like I fell into something special!
Anyway went out today and picked up all the necessary equipment and want to start my first batch here soon.
I just finished reading the Newbee guide and I now have a few questions and am a bit confused with chapter 8 receipe calculation.
For my first try I want to make a basic mead. My plan is to make two one gallon batches one plan, one with fruit added to the secondary.
Im hoping for a sweet, somewhere in between the (1.012 - 1.020) FG with an ABV of 14%.According to the information in the guide to achieve this I will need is follows
3oz of honey = 1% alcohol
3oz × 14 (ABV)= 42oz or 2Lb 10oz
This is how much honey I need in each gallon to achieve my 14% ABV correct?
Next being that I want a sweet mead I need to do as follows.
3oz × 2.6 (ABV) number I got off chart.
= 49.8oz or 3lb 1.8oz.
This gives me a total of 3lb 1.8oz of honey per gallon of water.
Does this seem correct? Can anyone chime in and offer advice?
Thanks for your time Aaron.
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I have been reading about Mead for a few weeks now and feel like I fell into something special!
Anyway went out today and picked up all the necessary equipment and want to start my first batch here soon.
I just finished reading the Newbee guide and I now have a few questions and am a bit confused with chapter 8 receipe calculation.
For my first try I want to make a basic mead. My plan is to make two one gallon batches one plan, one with fruit added to the secondary.
Im hoping for a sweet, somewhere in between the (1.012 - 1.020) FG with an ABV of 14%.According to the information in the guide to achieve this I will need is follows
3oz of honey = 1% alcohol
3oz × 14 (ABV)= 42oz or 2Lb 10oz
This is how much honey I need in each gallon to achieve my 14% ABV correct?
Next being that I want a sweet mead I need to do as follows.
3oz × 2.6 (ABV) number I got off chart.
= 49.8oz or 3lb 1.8oz.
This gives me a total of 3lb 1.8oz of honey per gallon of water.
Does this seem correct? Can anyone chime in and offer advice?
Thanks for your time Aaron.
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