[Ponte Alto] Mead Making - Nov 8th

[terafan at greydragon.org]

Greetings unto Tselmeg from Terafan,

    You are confusing ounces as a measurement of weight with ounces as a
measurement of volume.  Although they are both called "ounces" they
aren't the same thing.    For example, 1 cup of melted lead and 1 cup
of water will NOT weigh the same amount (although they are both 1 cup
or 8 ounces of volume).

Honey is 12lbs per gallon, which translates to 3/4 lb per (8 oz) cup.  
(16 cups in a gallon.  12 lbs / 16 cups = 3/4 lb per cup.

If you put in 6 cups, then you put in 4 lbs of honey.  Your 1 cup of
remaining honey is 3/4 lb, which is perhaps close enough (to the 1
remaining lb you should have) given that your three sets of 16 oz
measuring cups may not have been exactly precise.

As to the temperature, yes, 109 deg F is too hot.   You may have killed
the yeast.    The best temp to pitch the yeast is when the must has cooled
below 80 deg F.

It won't hurt anything to re-pitch with a fresh packet of yeast.

cheers,
   Terafan

>
> HELPPP!!!! :-( or is it  :-)
>
> My one gallon recipe calls for 3.5 Lbs of honey. 3 16 oz measuring cups
> only left me  with 8 oz of honey. what am I doing wrong. and I'm afraid I
> put the yeast in too soon. the must was about 109F(of course I measured it
> right after I put in the yeast) too hot? (It doesn't seem as if 5 lbs of
> honey translates correctly,although certainly the  bottle says 80 oz.
>
> Thanks,
> Tselmeg
>
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