I a real newbie here and only 1 extract brew under my belt but i have had a interest in meads for a long time and it is also a good thing that honey is cheapish here in the philippines(around 3.5$ a kg). im making my two meads since im saving up to buy more stuff from the US and i got a ton of patience.
Here are my recipes (both made on Dec 17 2011
Sweet mead
Batch size: 5 gal
Honey 9 kg
Water 13 L
DAP 4 Tsp staggered feedings over 1 week
yeast: Lalvin D-47 2 packets rehydrated
OG: 1.138
Dwójniak mead
Batch size: 1 gal
Honey 2 kg
Water 2 L
DAP 1.5 Tsp staggered feedings over 2 weeks
yeast: Lalvin K1V
OG: 1.175
although it has only been 2 weeks my Dwójniak mead has slowed down to practically nothing and when i took a SG reading it read only 1.170. is there anything wrong here? or am i just paranoid and just need to wait this thing out? but the sweet mead is doing fine some foam on the surface and i degas every couple of days on both meads. The sweet mead foams vigorously everytime but the Dwójniak just kicks up a bit.
Here are my recipes (both made on Dec 17 2011
Sweet mead
Batch size: 5 gal
Honey 9 kg
Water 13 L
DAP 4 Tsp staggered feedings over 1 week
yeast: Lalvin D-47 2 packets rehydrated
OG: 1.138
Dwójniak mead
Batch size: 1 gal
Honey 2 kg
Water 2 L
DAP 1.5 Tsp staggered feedings over 2 weeks
yeast: Lalvin K1V
OG: 1.175
although it has only been 2 weeks my Dwójniak mead has slowed down to practically nothing and when i took a SG reading it read only 1.170. is there anything wrong here? or am i just paranoid and just need to wait this thing out? but the sweet mead is doing fine some foam on the surface and i degas every couple of days on both meads. The sweet mead foams vigorously everytime but the Dwójniak just kicks up a bit.