Hello,
First time with mead and first time here.
I used this recipe and made only 5 gallons of melomel.
12.5 lbs flower honey
12.5 lbs bagged black cherries (smushed up really good)
30 pts water
10 tsp acid blend
2.5 tsp pectic enzyme
3.75 tsp energizer
5 campden crushed
1 pkg red star champagne yeast
As you can see I didn't make enough extra to keep my carboy topped off after racking using the same stuff.
It has now been 25 days and i get one bubble every 40 seconds through the airlock. SG is 1.000 and I have about 1.5" of dead cooties on the bottom and i want to rack it off said cooties.
Question.... What should I use to bring the level back up in my carboy after racking? Should I use more honey, cherry juice, cherry concentrate or just water?
I'm sure I will have this problem several more time as I rack this batch and don't want to ruin it if I already haven't done so.
Next time I will make a gallon or so extra!
Thank you and this is a great forum!!
Scott
First time with mead and first time here.
I used this recipe and made only 5 gallons of melomel.
12.5 lbs flower honey
12.5 lbs bagged black cherries (smushed up really good)
30 pts water
10 tsp acid blend
2.5 tsp pectic enzyme
3.75 tsp energizer
5 campden crushed
1 pkg red star champagne yeast
As you can see I didn't make enough extra to keep my carboy topped off after racking using the same stuff.
It has now been 25 days and i get one bubble every 40 seconds through the airlock. SG is 1.000 and I have about 1.5" of dead cooties on the bottom and i want to rack it off said cooties.
Question.... What should I use to bring the level back up in my carboy after racking? Should I use more honey, cherry juice, cherry concentrate or just water?
I'm sure I will have this problem several more time as I rack this batch and don't want to ruin it if I already haven't done so.
Next time I will make a gallon or so extra!
Thank you and this is a great forum!!
Scott