Firstly, Hi!
Put my first mead brew on last week after following some instructions that came with a Brewing Kit I was given for Christmas.
Recipe:
1.36kg Rowse Pure & Natural Honey
Yeast (Just a generic "Wine Yeast + Nutrient")
1 Large Orange (cut into 8 segments)
Handful of sultanas
Water (total volume of water + other ingredients = 1 gallon)
After mixing the honey, water, orange and sultanas together, giving it a good shake to aerate I took a gravity reading which gave me 1.108
Added the yeast and let it do it's thing... Not much really happened for a couple of days. Had a little bubble in the airlock every now and then.
After 48 hours, I was getting a bit concerned so a removed the airlock, gave the brew a gentle stir, put the airlock back on, and BOOM... BUBBLES!
The instructions stated to leave some head room in the demijohn to allow for some foaming, and to top up later. After 72 hours (24 hours of actual fermentation) there was some foaming, but not a huge amount, so I decided to top up the brew with some water.
Now, I don't know exactly how much water I added, it was only about 2-3 inches in the neck of the demijohn. And now I've realised I didn't take another gravity reading!!
So two questions:
When I do my final gravity reading, is this going to be miles out due to the "top up" water added?
Is there anyway of correcting my final gravity if I can work out how much water I added?
Other question:
Has anyone done a similar recipe?
Will this mead be dry/medium/sweet...?
Put my first mead brew on last week after following some instructions that came with a Brewing Kit I was given for Christmas.
Recipe:
1.36kg Rowse Pure & Natural Honey
Yeast (Just a generic "Wine Yeast + Nutrient")
1 Large Orange (cut into 8 segments)
Handful of sultanas
Water (total volume of water + other ingredients = 1 gallon)
After mixing the honey, water, orange and sultanas together, giving it a good shake to aerate I took a gravity reading which gave me 1.108
Added the yeast and let it do it's thing... Not much really happened for a couple of days. Had a little bubble in the airlock every now and then.
After 48 hours, I was getting a bit concerned so a removed the airlock, gave the brew a gentle stir, put the airlock back on, and BOOM... BUBBLES!
The instructions stated to leave some head room in the demijohn to allow for some foaming, and to top up later. After 72 hours (24 hours of actual fermentation) there was some foaming, but not a huge amount, so I decided to top up the brew with some water.
Now, I don't know exactly how much water I added, it was only about 2-3 inches in the neck of the demijohn. And now I've realised I didn't take another gravity reading!!
So two questions:
When I do my final gravity reading, is this going to be miles out due to the "top up" water added?
Is there anyway of correcting my final gravity if I can work out how much water I added?
Other question:
Has anyone done a similar recipe?
Will this mead be dry/medium/sweet...?