This is my first attempt at brewing anything, so pardon if I realy messed up, but I have been dieing for a good sweet mead to the point I am trying to make some myself.
2 lbs 3 oz Unprocessed Clover honey (ok to substitute if you must)
7 oz Buckwheat honey (do not substitute)
(I used 3lbs wildflower honey)
.6t Grape Tannin (needed for taste and clearing)
(didn't have any so I used 2 tablespoons tea)
1/8t Fermax (more will not be better)
(Didn't have so i used 1.5 oz rasins)
1 5g K1V-1116 (must use this yeast)
(the brew supplier said lalvin d-47 was the same?)
Balance tap water to make 1 gallon (don't use distilled)
4 Liter Carboy if you have one otherwise use 1 gal
I used a 1 gal sun tea jar, and put an airlock in the top, after the first week i had quite a bit of leavings in the bottom and racked to second jar and removed raisins. End of second week and its still fermenting, about the same leavings as week one, so racked it again. Now at the end of week 3 it is still cloudy and still bubbling in the airlock and about 1/2 inch of leavings in the bottom.
Taste is a little sharp but not very sweet and it definitely smells of alcohol :angryfire:, starting gravity 1.09 but my tester is too long to get a reading now.
Any help :help: would be appreciated!
2 lbs 3 oz Unprocessed Clover honey (ok to substitute if you must)
7 oz Buckwheat honey (do not substitute)
(I used 3lbs wildflower honey)
.6t Grape Tannin (needed for taste and clearing)
(didn't have any so I used 2 tablespoons tea)
1/8t Fermax (more will not be better)
(Didn't have so i used 1.5 oz rasins)
1 5g K1V-1116 (must use this yeast)
(the brew supplier said lalvin d-47 was the same?)
Balance tap water to make 1 gallon (don't use distilled)
4 Liter Carboy if you have one otherwise use 1 gal
I used a 1 gal sun tea jar, and put an airlock in the top, after the first week i had quite a bit of leavings in the bottom and racked to second jar and removed raisins. End of second week and its still fermenting, about the same leavings as week one, so racked it again. Now at the end of week 3 it is still cloudy and still bubbling in the airlock and about 1/2 inch of leavings in the bottom.
Taste is a little sharp but not very sweet and it definitely smells of alcohol :angryfire:, starting gravity 1.09 but my tester is too long to get a reading now.
Any help :help: would be appreciated!