Okay, here is my recipe:
Taken straight from Ken Schramm's The Compleat Meadmaker
15 lbs Orange blossom honey
4 gallons of water
2 tsp yeast energizer
2 tsp yeast nutrient
D-47 yeast
OG: 1.092
Fermentation temp: Right about 65 degrees f, consistently.
I pitched on 9/19/2010. I finally racked into secondary on 01/07/2011 after getting consistent hydrometer readings several days in a row. The FG is only 1.026, way higher than I (or the recipe) expected. It's a bit too sweet for me, and even though my wife likes it that way, I can't be satisfied with a product that didn't turn out I intended. Should I pitch another yeast to try to get that FG down, or... what? I'd like to get it to the goal of 1.010.
I did two other batches that turned out pretty much perfectly. I don't know what happened with this one.
Taken straight from Ken Schramm's The Compleat Meadmaker
15 lbs Orange blossom honey
4 gallons of water
2 tsp yeast energizer
2 tsp yeast nutrient
D-47 yeast
OG: 1.092
Fermentation temp: Right about 65 degrees f, consistently.
I pitched on 9/19/2010. I finally racked into secondary on 01/07/2011 after getting consistent hydrometer readings several days in a row. The FG is only 1.026, way higher than I (or the recipe) expected. It's a bit too sweet for me, and even though my wife likes it that way, I can't be satisfied with a product that didn't turn out I intended. Should I pitch another yeast to try to get that FG down, or... what? I'd like to get it to the goal of 1.010.
I did two other batches that turned out pretty much perfectly. I don't know what happened with this one.