Hi,
I'm a very beginner mead maker (two batches so far) and novice beer brewer (dozen batches incl allgrain).
My question:
I made a 5g batch recently and it is moving slowly *I think*.
16 or 18 lbs honey (I forget)
Some orange peel (left behind in primary)
Wyeast sweet mead yeast
O.g. 1.130
~4 weeks in primary in a carboy
Transferrred to secondary carboy 2 days ago
2.g. 1.110
Haven't checked ph yet.
Tasted fine (super sweet of course), some bubbles
So my question: is this a normal pace? From a beer brewing perspective, I want to reinoculate but I'm wondering if I'm just impatient?
Also my gf wants to add some sweetened cherries to secondary. I'd like to know what's happening with yeast, gravity, and ph first
Barring contrary advice,UI'm going to thief it next week and see if the gravity has dropped. If not, reinoc.
Thoughts?
I'm a very beginner mead maker (two batches so far) and novice beer brewer (dozen batches incl allgrain).
My question:
I made a 5g batch recently and it is moving slowly *I think*.
16 or 18 lbs honey (I forget)
Some orange peel (left behind in primary)
Wyeast sweet mead yeast
O.g. 1.130
~4 weeks in primary in a carboy
Transferrred to secondary carboy 2 days ago
2.g. 1.110
Haven't checked ph yet.
Tasted fine (super sweet of course), some bubbles
So my question: is this a normal pace? From a beer brewing perspective, I want to reinoculate but I'm wondering if I'm just impatient?
Also my gf wants to add some sweetened cherries to secondary. I'd like to know what's happening with yeast, gravity, and ph first
Barring contrary advice,UI'm going to thief it next week and see if the gravity has dropped. If not, reinoc.
Thoughts?