BMGfan
Well-Known Member
Hey folks,
First mead batch here. Started it Dec 31, 2011, OG 1.082. Lalvin EC-1118 yeast.
We're looking to bottle it for Christmas gifts and I'm looking to make sure that there's nothing I'm missing before bottling.
My last recorded SG per my brew book was a 1.022 in March of this year. It's been sitting in tertiary since then and is now nice and clear, with an SG of 1.017 as of yesterday.
I'm fairly sure that the ferment is done (having dropped 5 points in 7 months), but I know ec-1118 is supposed to be good for 18%.
I've got some campden tablets, but that's all I have locally and mail takes forever to get here so I may be hooped if I need more than that.
Would I be safe to bottle/cork as is?
First mead batch here. Started it Dec 31, 2011, OG 1.082. Lalvin EC-1118 yeast.
We're looking to bottle it for Christmas gifts and I'm looking to make sure that there's nothing I'm missing before bottling.
My last recorded SG per my brew book was a 1.022 in March of this year. It's been sitting in tertiary since then and is now nice and clear, with an SG of 1.017 as of yesterday.
I'm fairly sure that the ferment is done (having dropped 5 points in 7 months), but I know ec-1118 is supposed to be good for 18%.
I've got some campden tablets, but that's all I have locally and mail takes forever to get here so I may be hooped if I need more than that.
Would I be safe to bottle/cork as is?