I'm trying to duplicate what I did here: http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19660
The changes that I made were that the starting gravity of this batch was 1.154 instead of 1.134, and the yeast i'm using is Lalvin bourgovin rc 212 instead of 71b-1122.
I started the batch on 5-3, and have checked it a few times since then (I'm out of town for work a lot this month), and the brix % is only down to 25, from 35 starting.
It's going REALLY slow in comparison, is it because of the slightly higher initial gravity? I added an extra dose of fermax and energizer on 5-7, when the brix was at 31.
So basically, the Brix content schedule has been
5-3: 35%
5-7: 31%
5-12: 25%
It seems fairly stable, but very slow...how can i remedy this?
EDIT: This mead was started the same day, same relative amount of nutrients, same yeast. It's down to 27 to 14.
http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19797
The changes that I made were that the starting gravity of this batch was 1.154 instead of 1.134, and the yeast i'm using is Lalvin bourgovin rc 212 instead of 71b-1122.
I started the batch on 5-3, and have checked it a few times since then (I'm out of town for work a lot this month), and the brix % is only down to 25, from 35 starting.
It's going REALLY slow in comparison, is it because of the slightly higher initial gravity? I added an extra dose of fermax and energizer on 5-7, when the brix was at 31.
So basically, the Brix content schedule has been
5-3: 35%
5-7: 31%
5-12: 25%
It seems fairly stable, but very slow...how can i remedy this?
EDIT: This mead was started the same day, same relative amount of nutrients, same yeast. It's down to 27 to 14.
http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19797
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