Hi all I'm new here and new to mead making although by accident. But oh we'll my intent was to get into mead making anyway.
So here's what happened. I started off with wine making and made 4 batches of wine. Then I got into brewing and made two batches. My next venture was into mead making, it's what I'm most excited about.
Anyway, on my third batch of brew I thought I'd venture out of the box and start experimenting and the opportunity presented itself when I made a 5gal kid of red ale. The sg was 1. 40 which was a little on the light side but I started fermenting. I couldn't leave it alone just wanted to try something outside of all the kits. I always heard about adding a little honey to beer so I thought what the heck and here goes. So on day three of fermentation it seemed to be just past the peek fermentation, I added almost 3 pounds of honey. Thought it would add a touch of flavor and alcohol. I "thought" 3 pounds was just a little bit, little did i know... Lol after researching into mead making I realized 3 pounds was quite a bit and actually fermented out more and different than sugar.
Well here I am with a brew?? Or is it a mead?? Lol
I racked it into a secondary yesterday at day 14. It is quite cloudy" at least I think it is" I've never brewed a beer into secondary so don't know how it should look" lol" but it looks good and smells good. There are a few yeast rafts and there are tiny bubbles working to the top but hardly any or actually nothing to speak of coming out of my airlock. The specific gravity is 1.085.
Any thoughts, ideas, laughs?? They would be appreciated. I'm actually stoked about what this will be because I'm having fun.
My next batch will be a beginners true mead. Following the recipe to a t of course..
)
Nice to meet you all and thanks for any replies.
Oh yeah? Should I bottle?? Age?? Treat like beer or wine?
I did another batch of beer a day later and racked that into a secondary and it is not making the bubbles. Am ready to bottle this as it is just a drinking beer.
So here's what happened. I started off with wine making and made 4 batches of wine. Then I got into brewing and made two batches. My next venture was into mead making, it's what I'm most excited about.
Anyway, on my third batch of brew I thought I'd venture out of the box and start experimenting and the opportunity presented itself when I made a 5gal kid of red ale. The sg was 1. 40 which was a little on the light side but I started fermenting. I couldn't leave it alone just wanted to try something outside of all the kits. I always heard about adding a little honey to beer so I thought what the heck and here goes. So on day three of fermentation it seemed to be just past the peek fermentation, I added almost 3 pounds of honey. Thought it would add a touch of flavor and alcohol. I "thought" 3 pounds was just a little bit, little did i know... Lol after researching into mead making I realized 3 pounds was quite a bit and actually fermented out more and different than sugar.
Well here I am with a brew?? Or is it a mead?? Lol
I racked it into a secondary yesterday at day 14. It is quite cloudy" at least I think it is" I've never brewed a beer into secondary so don't know how it should look" lol" but it looks good and smells good. There are a few yeast rafts and there are tiny bubbles working to the top but hardly any or actually nothing to speak of coming out of my airlock. The specific gravity is 1.085.
Any thoughts, ideas, laughs?? They would be appreciated. I'm actually stoked about what this will be because I'm having fun.
My next batch will be a beginners true mead. Following the recipe to a t of course..
)Nice to meet you all and thanks for any replies.
Oh yeah? Should I bottle?? Age?? Treat like beer or wine?
I did another batch of beer a day later and racked that into a secondary and it is not making the bubbles. Am ready to bottle this as it is just a drinking beer.
