I am such a novice at making mead that I am in some serious need of help from some of you pros out there. Here is what I have:
13lbs honey
10lbs blueberries
4lbs white sugar
my OG was 1.14 Yikes I put some serious champagne yeast which was great it was a bubblin for about a month took a gravity reading and was down to 1.087 so was looking like it still needed some more to go so I didn't rack it. About 1month more it was the same. I didn't add any nutrients so thought that could have been the issue. I bought some more yeast made a big starter and added some Fermaid K about 1oz to the starter and pitched it in about 10hrs after I saw the first bubble off my starter. I oxygenated the heck out of my mead before pitching the starter but even after 72hrs I am still getting nothing. The mead is just way to sweet... I don't know why it won't start up again.
Any Advice?
I thought it may be wise to add some distilled water and try starting again. But as of right now i would just like to see this thing take off again... Is that to much to ask?
13lbs honey
10lbs blueberries
4lbs white sugar
my OG was 1.14 Yikes I put some serious champagne yeast which was great it was a bubblin for about a month took a gravity reading and was down to 1.087 so was looking like it still needed some more to go so I didn't rack it. About 1month more it was the same. I didn't add any nutrients so thought that could have been the issue. I bought some more yeast made a big starter and added some Fermaid K about 1oz to the starter and pitched it in about 10hrs after I saw the first bubble off my starter. I oxygenated the heck out of my mead before pitching the starter but even after 72hrs I am still getting nothing. The mead is just way to sweet... I don't know why it won't start up again.
Any Advice?
I thought it may be wise to add some distilled water and try starting again. But as of right now i would just like to see this thing take off again... Is that to much to ask?