I have some that I believe to be less than 12%. Took a sample to a friend's house and used their analog eyepiece-type refractometer. It measured 12. Later, I got a "loaner" ASAGO digital unit. It measured 12%, again. When I was a small kid, we'd go to Gatlinburg for a day every year to see the indians and the bears. (That was a few years ago and was our "vacation".) I used to like standing out in front of the candy shop watching the taffy pulling machine. This honey is not that thick, but very close. I inadvertently left it in a bucket with a double strainer (400 and 200 micron, IIRC) in a very small utility room/closet with a dehumidifier for about a year. When I first got to it, I believe it could have been pulled through that taffy machine.