Hello everyone, first of all sorry about my english; it´s not my main language.
I´m trying to make a beer-like mead in terms of alcohol and carbonation.
It´s a 5.8 gal batch with around 13lb of honey. I boiled it and added rehydrated safbrew S-33.
I also thrown into the fermentor some raisins, hops, and since i had no yeast nutrient I added 1/2 oz of yeast extract to the must.
Well, it started bubbling around 5-7 hours after pitching the yeast, now it has a foamy top mainly krausen.
Today the airlock is bubbling each 1.5-2 seconds but i tested the gravity today and smells acidic, just bad and perhaps a little bit like vomit. the smell is pretty subtle, but is still there.
I made beer before and i think that just sanitized everything the right way.
Anyone knows what could be the reason of that smell, and if there are any thing i coul do?
Thank you very much.
Edit: The Og rounded 1070-1080. Today it´s been 4 and a half days since the fermentation started and its 1053.
I´m trying to make a beer-like mead in terms of alcohol and carbonation.
It´s a 5.8 gal batch with around 13lb of honey. I boiled it and added rehydrated safbrew S-33.
I also thrown into the fermentor some raisins, hops, and since i had no yeast nutrient I added 1/2 oz of yeast extract to the must.
Well, it started bubbling around 5-7 hours after pitching the yeast, now it has a foamy top mainly krausen.
Today the airlock is bubbling each 1.5-2 seconds but i tested the gravity today and smells acidic, just bad and perhaps a little bit like vomit. the smell is pretty subtle, but is still there.
I made beer before and i think that just sanitized everything the right way.
Anyone knows what could be the reason of that smell, and if there are any thing i coul do?
Thank you very much.
Edit: The Og rounded 1070-1080. Today it´s been 4 and a half days since the fermentation started and its 1053.
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