So I started this batch yesterday. I started in a one gallon carboy. The recipe was:
- 3 lbs of honey (2 Orange Blossom and 1 Clover)
- Probably 3/4 a Gallon of water
- One tsp of pectic enzyme, one tsp of yeast nutrient and one half teaspoon of acid blend
Took a gravity reading and it was very high around 1.16:
So I added 12 oz of frozen raspberries and pitched my yeast (full packet of Lavlin D47) and let it sit:
I didn't leave enough head room and only some timely intervention with a sanitized turkey baster prevented an airlock blow out.
So fast forward to today at 1:30, 21 hours after pitching my yeast I degassed the mead and took a new gravity:
Yeah, that just below the 1.00 line. Um, what?
- 3 lbs of honey (2 Orange Blossom and 1 Clover)
- Probably 3/4 a Gallon of water
- One tsp of pectic enzyme, one tsp of yeast nutrient and one half teaspoon of acid blend
Took a gravity reading and it was very high around 1.16:
So I added 12 oz of frozen raspberries and pitched my yeast (full packet of Lavlin D47) and let it sit:
I didn't leave enough head room and only some timely intervention with a sanitized turkey baster prevented an airlock blow out.
So fast forward to today at 1:30, 21 hours after pitching my yeast I degassed the mead and took a new gravity:
Yeah, that just below the 1.00 line. Um, what?