[Ponte Alto] CORRECTION - Mead Making - Nov 8th

[Drogo Dragonara]

You forgot the 2nd and equally important rule: Have a home brew.  It helps a
lot in following rule #1.

-Drogo

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Jeffrey C French <jcfrench at mac.com> wrote:

>  You know, there is the first rule of brewing to look at...
>
> Don't worry (1)
>
>
> Oh, hey, let me footnote that reference... (see below)
>
> -Jurgen
>
> (1) The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Third Edition (Harperresource Book) (Paperback), Charles Papazian (Author)
>
>
> On Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 03:33PM, <neacalban1 at aol.com> wrote:
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>   Terafan,
>       many thanks. now what to do. I may not have killed the yeast, as
> things are bubbling  along.  there now being presumably o'er much honey,
> what will occur? and there was too much stuff altogether, so it's over
> flowed up into the airlock. can I just put in a clean airlock?
>  Many thanks for your sage advice to a bumbler.....
>
>  Tselmeg the Mongol
>
>   A minor correction to my math...
>
> If you put in 3 16 oz containers of honey (6 cups), then you put 4 1/2 lbs
> of honey in (not 4 as I said earlier)...
>
> cheers,
>   Terafan
>
> > 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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