I started a 3 gallon batch of hive mead on Saturday 05/05/07 with the following recipe:
8lbs 4oz raw wildflower honey
2oz ground bee pollen powder
1oz propolis powder
1oz freeze dried royal jelly powder
Wyeast 4184 Sweet Mead liquid yeast starter
I dissolved the honey & ½ of the bee products in purified water, keeping the heat below 95F. I had activated the yeast several hours prior and the pouch had swollen quite nicely. I pitched the yeast and covered the carboy securely with cheese cloth, stirring vigorously about 10 times throughout the first 24 hours to aerate then attached the airlock. The stats where:
Original Gravity: 1.110 at 22.7c (1.114?)
Sugar by weight: 27%?
Potential alcohol content by volume: 15.41%?
Potential alcohol content by weight: 12.33%?
I’m still not seeing any activity and am getting a little worried. Should I wait a little longer or just pitch another yeast? If you think I need to pitch another yeast which one should I use, 71B? I’m already going to be brewing another 3 gallon batch with Lalvin K1V-1116. Any other suggestion?
Thanks,
evenstill
8lbs 4oz raw wildflower honey
2oz ground bee pollen powder
1oz propolis powder
1oz freeze dried royal jelly powder
Wyeast 4184 Sweet Mead liquid yeast starter
I dissolved the honey & ½ of the bee products in purified water, keeping the heat below 95F. I had activated the yeast several hours prior and the pouch had swollen quite nicely. I pitched the yeast and covered the carboy securely with cheese cloth, stirring vigorously about 10 times throughout the first 24 hours to aerate then attached the airlock. The stats where:
Original Gravity: 1.110 at 22.7c (1.114?)
Sugar by weight: 27%?
Potential alcohol content by volume: 15.41%?
Potential alcohol content by weight: 12.33%?
I’m still not seeing any activity and am getting a little worried. Should I wait a little longer or just pitch another yeast? If you think I need to pitch another yeast which one should I use, 71B? I’m already going to be brewing another 3 gallon batch with Lalvin K1V-1116. Any other suggestion?
Thanks,
evenstill