jamesnsw
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I have my first mead going right now. It started at 1.116 2 months ago, then petered out at 1.040 about a month ago, where it's been ever since. I was adding yeast nutrient for awhile before it pooped out. The yeast I used was WLP720 Sweet Mead, which may have a tendency to do this kind of thing.
So yesterday I picked up some EC-118 to try to restart it. I read the restarting FAQ, but don't have the cash to buy more honey. So I realized that my mead was at the ideal SG for a yeast starter, so I pulled out a liter from the carboy and threw it on my new stir plate with the yeast. 12 hours later, skeptical that I was actually doing anything, I took a reading, and it's still at 1.040, meaning no yeast activity whatsoever. Am I just being impatient and keep it on the stir plate, or am I trying to do something impossible?
I also took a pH reading with the little strips, and it looks like it's at 3.7, right on the low end of where a mead should be. Any advice?
So yesterday I picked up some EC-118 to try to restart it. I read the restarting FAQ, but don't have the cash to buy more honey. So I realized that my mead was at the ideal SG for a yeast starter, so I pulled out a liter from the carboy and threw it on my new stir plate with the yeast. 12 hours later, skeptical that I was actually doing anything, I took a reading, and it's still at 1.040, meaning no yeast activity whatsoever. Am I just being impatient and keep it on the stir plate, or am I trying to do something impossible?
I also took a pH reading with the little strips, and it looks like it's at 3.7, right on the low end of where a mead should be. Any advice?