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I’m just a home brewer, I’ve made some really nice mead without any nutritional addition at all with the yeast I normally use. But with this batch I’ve popped in 80g of pollen as a nutrient because it’s a bit colder than my previous batches and I thought that the yeast may struggle with the cold...

Well the batch is 8.2kg honey made up to 22ltrs. Now I know I may get hung from the lamp post for this lol but I’m actually using lotus brand bakers yeast. I’ve used it for the same size batches in the past but have messed up the hydrometer reading so I’ve not ever known what attenuation/ABV...

Excellent cheers, yeah I’m hoping for 16% + and I made sure it was 20oC when I tested coz I’m not great at reading the gravity let alone adjusting for temp lol. I pitched 3 metric tablespoons of yeast and it started to ferment after an hour so I think it should be okay!!! Just hope I get full...

Hey everyone I’m new on here and I have a pretty stupid question, I just want to double check my mead batch hydrometer reading. I think I understand what the reading is but I just wanted to bounce it off of people with more experience as I’m a bit dyslexic when it comes to numbers and am still...