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12# of fireweed raw honey
4 gal spring water
wlp720 sweet meed yeast added to a starter consisting of
>>>3 cups water, 1 cup honey, 1 tblspoon yeast nutrient<<<
4 lbs crushed pears
1 vanilla bean
I started with the startert 2 days before pitching
to a 6.5 gal carboy I added water, honey, pears, and vannila.
Shook the heck out of the carboy to oxignate and pitched the yeast slurry.
Carboy kept in closet at 70 deg or so.
All items cleaned with a combination of star san and b-h-t
I cant really afford much in the area of test equipment (new baby takes precident) so no idea of sg at this time.
For the visual there is a 2 inch thick layer of foam on the top of the must and 1 bubble in the air lock every 3 to 4 seconds.
I have read in mead maker the instructions on fixing slow fermentation and have prepared the required ingredients. With the addition of adding 1 lb of additonal honey and airaiting with my never before used wand mixer (much better than a blender and easer to sanitize)
I have not added this in as i await your feed back.