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Hello all I have a stuck fermentation.. well it never really went anywhere I've never seen any bubbles out of it.
I used Joe famous 3 week recipe only I substituted the honey for some dark unknown type I got from a friend. Heres the recipe
2 lbs 3 oz Unprocessed Clover honey (ok to substitute if you must)
7 oz Buckwheat honey (do not substitute)
.6t Grape Tannin (needed for taste and clearing)
1/8t Fermax (more will not be better)
1 5g K1V-1116 (must use this yeast)
Now I hydrated the yeast at 105 left it alone without stirring for 15 minutes stirred it up real good then put it in with the must(67f)
Prehaps I was too rough with my stirring and killed the yeasties ? I just stirred till it was all mixed and no yeast lumps.
SG after yeast 1.9
I shook up the bottle some before and after yeast but not much so after I added yeast. When there was no fermentation I tried shaking the crap out of the bottle. Still no luck.
My house is about 68-70 degrees and I stuck the mead on a heating vent for a few minutes just to warm it up a bit to see if that would make bubbles. No go
What should I do to make my mead go ? I know I didnt follow the recipe exact hence my problems. But there has got to be a way to salvage this : ) ??
Any comments would be very helpfull thankyou.
**edit** at looking through others problems I can also add that everything was cleaned out well and no cleaner was left on the bottle.
(ps I know changing a recipe on your first try isnt too brite but I needed mead in a few weeks so it was this or not make any for a long timel)
Hello all I have a stuck fermentation.. well it never really went anywhere I've never seen any bubbles out of it.
I used Joe famous 3 week recipe only I substituted the honey for some dark unknown type I got from a friend. Heres the recipe
2 lbs 3 oz Unprocessed Clover honey (ok to substitute if you must)
7 oz Buckwheat honey (do not substitute)
.6t Grape Tannin (needed for taste and clearing)
1/8t Fermax (more will not be better)
1 5g K1V-1116 (must use this yeast)
Now I hydrated the yeast at 105 left it alone without stirring for 15 minutes stirred it up real good then put it in with the must(67f)
Prehaps I was too rough with my stirring and killed the yeasties ? I just stirred till it was all mixed and no yeast lumps.
SG after yeast 1.9
I shook up the bottle some before and after yeast but not much so after I added yeast. When there was no fermentation I tried shaking the crap out of the bottle. Still no luck.
My house is about 68-70 degrees and I stuck the mead on a heating vent for a few minutes just to warm it up a bit to see if that would make bubbles. No go
What should I do to make my mead go ? I know I didnt follow the recipe exact hence my problems. But there has got to be a way to salvage this : ) ??
Any comments would be very helpfull thankyou.
**edit** at looking through others problems I can also add that everything was cleaned out well and no cleaner was left on the bottle.
(ps I know changing a recipe on your first try isnt too brite but I needed mead in a few weeks so it was this or not make any for a long timel)