tincansandtwine
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I started my first mead about two weeks ago with the Wyeast Dry Mead yeast. The OG was very low, about 1.065, which was what the recipe I used said to aim for. Despite the low amount of fermentables (only about 7 pounds of honey and 1.5 pounds of corn sugar in 5 gallons), fermentation has been going strong for two weeks. By "strong" I mean that the airlock has been bubbling every 5-10 seconds, for two weeks. I would like to rack it off the lees, but I don't know if it is a good idea to do that while fermentation is still so active. I know that autolysis doesn't occur until there is very little other food, but I still worry (though I've been medicating with homebrew ).
Any advice would be appreciated!
Any advice would be appreciated!