Paul E. Lehmann wrote:
> This year I am thinking of experimenting on a small batch of Chambourcin
> and using honey instead of sugar to chaptalize. I know that all honey
> is a little different but does anyone know the approximate ratio of
> honey to sugar conversion? For example, if it took two pounds of sugar,
> how much honey would this be?
>
> Has anyone chaptalized with honey before and if so what were the
> results. I guess this would properly be called a Pyment.

Hello. I make Mead. So that topic I personally have looked up. For I
sometimes use light brown sugar with my recipes.

Honey is 80% fermentable. So 1 lb sugar is about 1.2 pounds of honey.
2 lb sugar= 2.4 lb honey
Hope this is helpful.

Dave Whitney