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so the balloons finally gone down, guessing that means that its done fermenting. Theres some stuff down the bottom (residue or something) when I shake it up it goes cloudy like, am I supposed to drink this stuff or strain it? When I mixed it and strained the solution it went through, only the...

just checked it out, the orange has floated to the top and is kinda white in colour. Also some stuff has collected at the bottom, not sure what it is... Condom/Balloon still holding up. What to do next?

I've used a 2L soft drink bottle and adjusted the ratios of the recipe as such, so as to make a smaller batch and not waste too many ingredients. Also, instead of raisins I put a twist on the recipe; my friend told me his relative used half an orange instead so I used a quarter.

Hi, first home brew so decided to follow this recipe: http://www.makemead.net/easy-bread-yeast-mead-recipe.aspx Its been 2 weeks since I put the balloon (in my case a spare condom cos I didn't have anything else at the time) and its still holding up stiff (haha). Anyways, what should I...