taishojojo
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This is my first homebrew/mead/anything...
I did a 3gal mead (wanted to start small): 9lbs Orange Blossom with a Sweet Mead yeast pitched.
Original Gravity was 1.120
Taking daily readings, It dropped pretty steadily (4-6/day).
It slowed for a bit (2/day) for a couple of days. And guy in the local homebrew club (their monthly meeting) said I could stir it up... and I did.. yeast got back on track.
now its back to 2/day and stirring isn't helping.
Is the slowing down part normal or is it getting stuck and I need to put something in it to get it going again?
Also, the yeast was a month past it's shelf life but the guy (same guy from the local club) said it was ok because I wa sonly doing 3gal and the yeast sold in the homebrew sdtore are geared for 5 gal musts.
I did a 3gal mead (wanted to start small): 9lbs Orange Blossom with a Sweet Mead yeast pitched.
Original Gravity was 1.120
Taking daily readings, It dropped pretty steadily (4-6/day).
It slowed for a bit (2/day) for a couple of days. And guy in the local homebrew club (their monthly meeting) said I could stir it up... and I did.. yeast got back on track.
now its back to 2/day and stirring isn't helping.
Is the slowing down part normal or is it getting stuck and I need to put something in it to get it going again?
Also, the yeast was a month past it's shelf life but the guy (same guy from the local club) said it was ok because I wa sonly doing 3gal and the yeast sold in the homebrew sdtore are geared for 5 gal musts.