I started brewing mead just over 6 months ago.
One gallon
lalvin ec-1118 (1 pack)
3 lbs mesquite honey
Fermax yeast nutrient (1 tsp)
It's a pretty basic recipe for my first attempt. Regularly aerated for the first couple of weeks, then racked into a carboy for about 6 months. It's still cloudy and had a significant pile of lees on the bottom. When I first put it in te carboy, the gravity was 1.032. Now the gavity is 1.010; it seems like it may be done, but the smell and taste are bitter and yeasty. A bit of the mead I used to test the gravity actually smells lile good delicious honey after sitting out about a day (I've been lazy cleaning), but the sample I tasted of the mead was bitter and yeasty still. Should I try cold crashing or using a campden tablet to halt the active yeast? Should I keep waiting, even though it doesn't appear to still be active. W should I try some energizer to get fermentation goong?
One gallon
lalvin ec-1118 (1 pack)
3 lbs mesquite honey
Fermax yeast nutrient (1 tsp)
It's a pretty basic recipe for my first attempt. Regularly aerated for the first couple of weeks, then racked into a carboy for about 6 months. It's still cloudy and had a significant pile of lees on the bottom. When I first put it in te carboy, the gravity was 1.032. Now the gavity is 1.010; it seems like it may be done, but the smell and taste are bitter and yeasty. A bit of the mead I used to test the gravity actually smells lile good delicious honey after sitting out about a day (I've been lazy cleaning), but the sample I tasted of the mead was bitter and yeasty still. Should I try cold crashing or using a campden tablet to halt the active yeast? Should I keep waiting, even though it doesn't appear to still be active. W should I try some energizer to get fermentation goong?