weight of honey

[sangwitch]

I notice that some mead recipes list honey by weight and some list by volume. The grocery store honey lists by weight (mostly), but the jars of local I have available have no weight listed. I found this chart that helped me out so I'm sharing it here. I realize that the density of the honey would figure in, but I think it's close enough for our purposes. Any comments?



<TABLE borderColor=#ffcc33 cellPadding=2 width="85%" =white border=1>
<T>
<TR>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>Weight Listed
On Label</TD>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>Yields
Approximately </TD>
<TD width="40%">
<DIV align=center>Approximate
Fluid Ounces</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>8 ounces</TD>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>3/4 cup</TD>
<TD width="40%">
<DIV align=center>5 fluid ounces</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>12 ounces</TD>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>1 cup</TD>
<TD width="40%">
<DIV align=center>8 fluid ounces</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>16 ounces</TD>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>1 - 1/2 cups</TD>
<TD width="40%">
<DIV align=center>11 fluid ounces</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>24 ounces</TD>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>2 cups</TD>
<TD width="40%">
<DIV align=center>16 fluid ounces</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>40 ounces</TD>
<TD width="30%">
<DIV align=center>3 cups</TD>
<TD width="40%">
<DIV align=center>26 fluid ounces</TD></TR></T></TABLE>

 

[Wade E]

Just copied and pasted that into a excel sheet to save with some of my
other wine calcs. Thanks as I plan on making some more meads this year
and sure to need this eventually

 

[masta]

Looks good to me and most times when buying honey by bulk it will be by the pound and the standard is 1 gallon = 12 lbs.

 

[summersolstice]

I make quite a bit of mead and I typically use 1 qt/3.2 lbs per gallon of mead in most recipes (2 lbs for a mead that can generally be consumed earlier). When I first started making mead I was always confused by the weights as well. I know honey weights vary somewhat but 3 lbs per qt is a good rule of thumbthough one should always usea hydrometer to verify SG.