Hi all,
I got a Mead recipe on a website called storm the castle and since I've been wanting to try Mead for a long time I decided to just go for it. I'm Irish and live in England and I don't know American weights but this is what I have done.
3 and a half litres of water
4 340g jars of basic honey from the supermarket.
fast acting yeast from the same supermarket.
raisins for the yeast
I brewed this in the spring water bottle and used a balloon as an airlock as per the sites instructions and it's now four weeks later. I bought some demijohns (Americans call them carboys) cheap from a charity shop (Thrift shop) and after much sterilisation and practice I racked the mead last week.
This morning I was getting a bubble every 40 odd seconds, I just looked again and it's gone up to a bubble every 10 seconds.
Now obviously I get that Mead can be easy but I worry that this one was too easy and something's messed up and the bubble thing has only increased my worry.
Friday I made a raspberry Melomel using the same basic recipe and it's bubbling away nicely in the wardrobe next to the first batch. But I only chopped the raspberries and only 200g. I figured I could add more when I racked after a little taste to make sure the raspberry doesn't become too strong a taste, but having read juicing or crushing is the best way to get the flavour out I'm now worried that I need to add more raspberries now.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I got a Mead recipe on a website called storm the castle and since I've been wanting to try Mead for a long time I decided to just go for it. I'm Irish and live in England and I don't know American weights but this is what I have done.
3 and a half litres of water
4 340g jars of basic honey from the supermarket.
fast acting yeast from the same supermarket.
raisins for the yeast
I brewed this in the spring water bottle and used a balloon as an airlock as per the sites instructions and it's now four weeks later. I bought some demijohns (Americans call them carboys) cheap from a charity shop (Thrift shop) and after much sterilisation and practice I racked the mead last week.
This morning I was getting a bubble every 40 odd seconds, I just looked again and it's gone up to a bubble every 10 seconds.
Now obviously I get that Mead can be easy but I worry that this one was too easy and something's messed up and the bubble thing has only increased my worry.
Friday I made a raspberry Melomel using the same basic recipe and it's bubbling away nicely in the wardrobe next to the first batch. But I only chopped the raspberries and only 200g. I figured I could add more when I racked after a little taste to make sure the raspberry doesn't become too strong a taste, but having read juicing or crushing is the best way to get the flavour out I'm now worried that I need to add more raspberries now.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.