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Yeah its still stuck near 1.010, its just stuck lol. I have the energizer but I havent checked the price of a tool for measuring ph. What would I be looking for? Also are yeast hulls the same as "yeast nutrient"? The only difference in taste is that the yeasty bite has decreased "after...

12/18/09 OG. was 1.078, Pot alch-10% 12 lb clover honey-Lalvin EC 1118 Thoroughly sanitized equipment. 3 gals of water in carboy "didnt have fermenter at time" then warmed honey pitched it and yeast. Oxygenated the must then airlocked "didnt know about yeast energizer or nutrient"...

I have a question on that note. DId you do all this in the fermenter? or did you rack to a carboy and get all that fruit in there somehow? If you did this in the fermenter how long do you keep the fruit in? just til the gravity stops dropping? Im wanting to make a blackberry melomel so lemme...

Hey guys; quick question. My mead has been turning out to be 11%ish alch and is entirely too sweet. My theory was that I was putting too much yeast in "I was using a full pack for a gallon /oops" but if you have any other insights as to why this might have happened lemme know the common causes...