Hello,
I'm still trying to make a good batch of mead.
The last time went better and I was hoping this time it would go good.
On the evening of 21 July I made a yeast starter with honey and a pack Braumaster Mead yeast.
On the afternoon of 22 July I made the must and put the yeaststarter with the must in a plasting fermentationbucket with an airlock. It seemed to work: within 10 hours the airlock was already bubbling 1 or 2 times a minute.
Then I was reading on Gotmead that in the 1st phase the mead must have enough oxygen. So I went splashing with a spoon with little holes in it (ofcourse everything sanitized). I got very much foam(4 litres on 9.5 litre mead). I have done this a couple of times, but it seems that after the first time the airlock stopped bubbling. I wondered that the yeast needed maybe a little DAP, so I put a third teaspoon DAP in it. Nothing happened and it still don't do anything.
Should I have more patient or maybe add more yeast in it?
The fact that the airlock have bubbled but it doesn't do anything now worries me.
What should I do?
Thanks,
Pantalaimon.
I'm still trying to make a good batch of mead.
The last time went better and I was hoping this time it would go good.
On the evening of 21 July I made a yeast starter with honey and a pack Braumaster Mead yeast.
On the afternoon of 22 July I made the must and put the yeaststarter with the must in a plasting fermentationbucket with an airlock. It seemed to work: within 10 hours the airlock was already bubbling 1 or 2 times a minute.
Then I was reading on Gotmead that in the 1st phase the mead must have enough oxygen. So I went splashing with a spoon with little holes in it (ofcourse everything sanitized). I got very much foam(4 litres on 9.5 litre mead). I have done this a couple of times, but it seems that after the first time the airlock stopped bubbling. I wondered that the yeast needed maybe a little DAP, so I put a third teaspoon DAP in it. Nothing happened and it still don't do anything.
Should I have more patient or maybe add more yeast in it?
The fact that the airlock have bubbled but it doesn't do anything now worries me.
What should I do?
Thanks,
Pantalaimon.