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Well, it looks like the starter took hold and my mead is fermenting again! Just so I don't screw it up again, what am I looking for before I rack again? I don't want to follow my original instructions seeing as how they brought me nothing but misery... So some general steps and instructions from...

Am currently trying that starter recipe, and it's bubbling and smells nice and yeasty! Hopefully all goes well from here on out, thanks everyone, will let you know if it keeps going well!

Dang, well I was following the instructions of a local mead and wine maker as to acid and racking... It seems like he might have misled me... Is there a good way to restart fermentation? Or has has this batch had too much done to it to be saved?

Will try to remember.... We went for a very simple recipe, about 18 lbs honey, with just under 5 gallons of water (5G-honey's volume) 1 packet of the D-47 yeast that had been prepared and let to soak as per packet instructions... 1 tbs of yeast nutrient(fermaid-k? something like that) and umm...

We started our first batch of mead, and screwed up somewhere, and the fermentation didnt start... so we reintroduced new yeast and managed to get it started... kinda. In a 5 gallon batch we went from our OG of 1.1 and now, after fermentation seems to have finished, we're at 1.07... It seems to...