hist-brewing: measurements from Le Menagier de Paris

[bjm10 at cornell.edu]

On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Wylie A. & Gail D. Smith wrote:

> that's 8 pints.  With 16 lbs. of Honey, I get a SG of about 1.080, which is
> light to most peoples taste.

OG of 1.080 is "light"?  True enough, I don't do mead, but if that were a 
malt wort, OG 1.080 is getting into the Imperial Stout or even barleywine 
range.



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