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Just taste it, if you feel a warm fuzy feelin' in your throat that means it must be around 20-25% ABV, if it feels burnig and hot on the toungue it should be 30-35% ABV, if it tastes like whisky then it is true Apple Jack:dg

When was fractional freezing not ok, it's totally different from distilling and won't leave you blind, apple jack is as american as baseball, its been done for years.

Well JAOM is meant to be an easy recipe, with easy to acquire ingredients. Baker's yeast is designed for ,err, baking. While technically all yeast is yeast, the fact is that some strains are "better" at converting sugar to alcohol. I never said you couldn't make good mead with bread...

Sorry my bad on the water part, it's balance water to one gallon so it will fit in a gallon carboy but you can change it depending on the alcohol level you want from it, mine should be about 13-14% ABV:se.

Hy,great forum by the way, I've just started winemaking last year(well meadmaking actually) and I've done a few batches of mead so far. I decided to try Joe's orange mead but try so solve the pithy and bitterness problems, hope it turns out good.

This is an "modernized" version of Joe's Ancient Orange Mead, updating a few things like the yeast used, and eliminating the whole orange. I've seen a few comments that JAOM was a little pithy or bitter to the taste. 3 lbs of your choice honey or blend (will finish sweet) 1 Large orange 1 stick...