zav3nd
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10/18/2012 Starthistle Mead born.
Batch Size: 1gal
Honey Variety: Starthistle
S.G.: 1.125
Ingredients:
~2.9 lbs honey
water to gallon
Ec-1118 Yeast
Almost a month ago I made the batch, but according to my notes I had airlock activity relatively shortly after putting the airlock on (10-30mins iirc), suppose that's what re-hydrating your yeast does for you. For that whole first week or so the jug lived in my over sized cement sink, due to the fact that yeast made it up to the airlock and fermented up there even with a large space of air. Eventually they calmed down.
Nov.15th (As of this writing)
I racked the mead to a new jug, measured Gravity at 1.016 (Calculator says 14.31% abv?), then I topped it up with water so there was less airspace left in the jug. Should I have topped it with honey water or ?
Batch Size: 1gal
Honey Variety: Starthistle
S.G.: 1.125
Ingredients:
~2.9 lbs honey
water to gallon
Ec-1118 Yeast
Almost a month ago I made the batch, but according to my notes I had airlock activity relatively shortly after putting the airlock on (10-30mins iirc), suppose that's what re-hydrating your yeast does for you. For that whole first week or so the jug lived in my over sized cement sink, due to the fact that yeast made it up to the airlock and fermented up there even with a large space of air. Eventually they calmed down.
Nov.15th (As of this writing)
I racked the mead to a new jug, measured Gravity at 1.016 (Calculator says 14.31% abv?), then I topped it up with water so there was less airspace left in the jug. Should I have topped it with honey water or ?