My mead partner and I racked our first batch tonight which freed up our bucket for a second batch. However...
Our first problem was siphoning water through a siphon that was rinsed but not sanitized. Then we noticed our stirring spoon was chewing up the bottom of the bucket and there are some small plastic flakes now floating about.
Then we rehydrated our yeast and pitched it without atempering at all with our must being 66 and the yeast slurry being probably 85-90
Partner also managed to dunk the entire measuring cup into the must after it had been on several counter tops and there were about a half dozen other "woops that wasn't sanitized" moments.
This went much less smoothly than our first batch, I guess I'll just leave it in the basement and see if anything happens. Recipe was:
Wildflower honey: somewhere around 3.5 pounds plus
A little over 1 gallon water
1g fermaid k
2g DAP
D47 rehydrated in goferm
OG was 1.110 but with I'm sure there was some honey that wasn't dissolved.
Any estimate on chances of success?
Our first problem was siphoning water through a siphon that was rinsed but not sanitized. Then we noticed our stirring spoon was chewing up the bottom of the bucket and there are some small plastic flakes now floating about.
Then we rehydrated our yeast and pitched it without atempering at all with our must being 66 and the yeast slurry being probably 85-90
Partner also managed to dunk the entire measuring cup into the must after it had been on several counter tops and there were about a half dozen other "woops that wasn't sanitized" moments.
This went much less smoothly than our first batch, I guess I'll just leave it in the basement and see if anything happens. Recipe was:
Wildflower honey: somewhere around 3.5 pounds plus
A little over 1 gallon water
1g fermaid k
2g DAP
D47 rehydrated in goferm
OG was 1.110 but with I'm sure there was some honey that wasn't dissolved.
Any estimate on chances of success?