I am making the following recipe:
18 lbs clover honey
17 lbs frozen strawberries (thawed)
3.25 gallons filtered water (I ended up with this number to fill to 6.5 gallons total, but there is more room in the fermenter if need be.)
1116 yeast
I just took an OG reading, and it's off the charts. If I take a ruler and extrapolate from the numbers, it looks like I hit 1.165.
Is it reasonable to estimate the OG this way?
Can champagne yeast handle this high of an OG? Would I be better off diluting?
Thanks.
18 lbs clover honey
17 lbs frozen strawberries (thawed)
3.25 gallons filtered water (I ended up with this number to fill to 6.5 gallons total, but there is more room in the fermenter if need be.)
1116 yeast
I just took an OG reading, and it's off the charts. If I take a ruler and extrapolate from the numbers, it looks like I hit 1.165.
Is it reasonable to estimate the OG this way?
Can champagne yeast handle this high of an OG? Would I be better off diluting?
Thanks.