I have 2 separate 1 gallon batches (in glass carboy) going that I started about a week apart from eachother. I started the first batch in my basement and it took 4 days total to start seeing activity. I then moved it upstairs and started my second batch upstairs from the start. Anyways, they are both now at 1.030. This morning I removed the towel from the top and fitted airlocks. I am seeing a bubble every 2 seconds or so out of each of them. Are they ready to be racked at this point, or should I wait until they get closer to 1.015-1.020?
No updates lately? I still have my 2 separate 1 gallon batches in their primary carboy. I am going to rack them soon but am not sure how much I'll get out of each one. Both of them are about 1/3 filled with seeds and sludge at the bottom, and then have the layer or strawberries on the top.
Will I be better off to combine them to one carboy and avoid the sludge and seeds all together, or continue to keep them separate and top of with a lot of water?
Should I completely avoid sucking up the seeds?
__________________ Primary: Apfelwein, Yoopers DFH 60 Minute IPA Clone Secondary: Strawberry mead, Traditional mead, Welch's grape juice wine Bottled: Nutty Hard Cider, Hard Cider, Apfelwein, AHS Double Chocolate Stout, AHS Honey Wheat, AHS Oktoberfest/Marzen, AHS Imperial Winter Ale Kegged: Amarillo IPA, Blueberry Wheat, Shaquille Oatmeal Stout Next Up:: IPA
I've been lurking on this thread, and hope to hear more. I'm due to deploy in a month or so. I plan on making this mead recipe and leaving it to age for the year I'll be gone.
All of your efforts have been very educational, but don't stop now.
Hi...Here's some mead porn for you! I racked this into the secondary on 02/01/10...so it's been here for 20 days now.
YoMamma.....do you think I should rack into a tertiary since there is over 3 inches of LEES on the bottom????
Oh..those other two gallon jugs are a grape mead, and my blood orange mead.
Flyweed: Yes you should rack. Any time you get more than ~3/4" or so is the standard I've seen in books, but I'm sure 3" is way lots more than you'd really want your mead sitting on.
Hey IZA....things are going well...or more appropriate..things are going quickly! I probably have about 1 gallon left of my strawberry mead out of the 5 that I kegged. Everyone LOVES it. This is probably now my new, ALL TIME favorite mead!! Yeah, it's that good. Such a wonderful strawberry nose never disappated at all. wonderful orangeblossom honey and strawberry taste..but potent. my father in law, who is a beer drinker, had 3 glasses the other night and he was slurring his words and walking funny. so it's potent. The color is a rusty orange, clear beverage that carbonation really does well with this one.
For anyone following this thread and hasn't pulled the trigger on this one DO IT!! follow the recipe to the "T" and you'll be MORE than happy with your creation. It's beautiful, it's wonderful...I am gonna make it again very very soon
Dan
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1 gallon secondary: Grape Mead
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