This attempt is a little better than the first. I used sweet cherry puree along with my normal recipe.

The OG was 1.110

The last time I checked the SG was 0.994 giving around 16% ABV.

I tasted a little when I racked to secondary. It tasted pretty good. There was still a decent cherry flavour which I wasn't expecting since so much of the sugar was converted to alcohol.

Bottled my first melomel. This stuff will not be seen for a year probably. It is hot as hell with not too much flavour. I will have to learn to back sweeten for all future batches. The final count is 16% ABV. See you next year!

3 Gallon batches doesn't make too many bottles compared to kits. If I like the final product, the plan is to scale up to 6 gallons.