Ok, as these questions have a lot to do with my recipe, I'll post it:
10 to 11 packets lipton lemon herbal tea brewed in almost 1 gallon
3 lbs Clover honey
1 lemon peeled and separated
1 lemon sliced
1/2 tsp yeast nutrient
1 packet D47
1 crushed campden tablet
OG: approx 1.105
PA: approx 14%
1. I took the readings for SG and PA at 88 F and got 1.101 and 13.5%. Adjusted SG for heat, got 1.105, not sure about PA. Does this SG sound right given that there are 3 pounds of honey?
2. I am also looking to capture a little black tea taste (the herbal has no black tea), but figure I'd wait to secondary, as I didn't know if the small amount I'd want would make it through fermentation. So, will tea bags in secondary release flavor if I only put a couple in? (Oh, I was thinking along the lines of regular Lipton tea.) Also if the lemon taste disappears noticably during primary, I may throw in another lemon, though I've heard of flavor coming back after a while.
Thanks for bearing with me, this is my first *original* batch, and I just kinda went crazy, hoping to observe the results. If there is any advice on what I can do from here to help out the mead, let me know! Oh, just as an aside, fermentation started nearly 1 1/2 hours later, and this morning I came down to find the air lock blown off, filled with must, so I'm not that worried about a troubled fermentation.
Thanks for any help you are able to give!
10 to 11 packets lipton lemon herbal tea brewed in almost 1 gallon
3 lbs Clover honey
1 lemon peeled and separated
1 lemon sliced
1/2 tsp yeast nutrient
1 packet D47
1 crushed campden tablet
OG: approx 1.105
PA: approx 14%
1. I took the readings for SG and PA at 88 F and got 1.101 and 13.5%. Adjusted SG for heat, got 1.105, not sure about PA. Does this SG sound right given that there are 3 pounds of honey?
2. I am also looking to capture a little black tea taste (the herbal has no black tea), but figure I'd wait to secondary, as I didn't know if the small amount I'd want would make it through fermentation. So, will tea bags in secondary release flavor if I only put a couple in? (Oh, I was thinking along the lines of regular Lipton tea.) Also if the lemon taste disappears noticably during primary, I may throw in another lemon, though I've heard of flavor coming back after a while.
Thanks for bearing with me, this is my first *original* batch, and I just kinda went crazy, hoping to observe the results. If there is any advice on what I can do from here to help out the mead, let me know! Oh, just as an aside, fermentation started nearly 1 1/2 hours later, and this morning I came down to find the air lock blown off, filled with must, so I'm not that worried about a troubled fermentation.
Thanks for any help you are able to give!