Crimsonwine
Well-Known Member
I am fermenting my first attempt at Mead. I am doing a black raspberry.
My LHBS owner owns his own Meadery and sampling some of his stuff really got me interested in trying this.
I added 3# of orange blossom honey to a gallon of water and one cup of raisins. I pitched 2.5g of Red Star Cote des Blancs and had an OG of 1.095.
I pitched the dry yeast right into the must. I also aerated for 20 min. before pitching. Within a couple hours I had airlock activity, and I also noticed the raisins started floating to the top.
On his reccomendation...
- he suggested I use yeast energizer or a cup of raisins (I used raisins - he said raisins would give it more body)
- he suggested to ferment the honey only must out first...said it would take a couple weeks, then rack onto a pound or two of raspberries depending on how much taste i wanted for another 2-3 weeks.
- add potassium sorbate and back sweeten
He never mentioned anything about adding more nutrients to keep fermentation going. I did tell him I wanted a sweet mead...
So my question is...
Do i need to worry about adding nutrients in three steps for a 1 gallon batch?
He also suggested I might want to add tannins...
My LHBS owner owns his own Meadery and sampling some of his stuff really got me interested in trying this.
I added 3# of orange blossom honey to a gallon of water and one cup of raisins. I pitched 2.5g of Red Star Cote des Blancs and had an OG of 1.095.
I pitched the dry yeast right into the must. I also aerated for 20 min. before pitching. Within a couple hours I had airlock activity, and I also noticed the raisins started floating to the top.
On his reccomendation...
- he suggested I use yeast energizer or a cup of raisins (I used raisins - he said raisins would give it more body)
- he suggested to ferment the honey only must out first...said it would take a couple weeks, then rack onto a pound or two of raspberries depending on how much taste i wanted for another 2-3 weeks.
- add potassium sorbate and back sweeten
He never mentioned anything about adding more nutrients to keep fermentation going. I did tell him I wanted a sweet mead...
So my question is...
Do i need to worry about adding nutrients in three steps for a 1 gallon batch?
He also suggested I might want to add tannins...