Yes i have access to 20 lbs of figs. i was on another forum and tried to use their mead calculator and it said i would only get 5% alcohol in 3 gals. how accurate is this figure and what would be the best way to extract the sugers from from the figs mashing, boiling, or brewing like an all grain beer with them in my mashtun mashed and mixed with hot water
With out knowing what other forum, what calculator, and what recipe, hard to tell how accurate it is.
Have you looked at Jack Keller’s site to see if he might have some info?
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/Sounds like an interesting wine.
Here is a page from his search function.
http://www.google.com/search?q=fig&site ... keller.net