Karred
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Ok, I started a one gallon batch of just straight mead (has nothing but honey, water, and Flieschmans... seemed pretty simple hey?) a couple weeks ago, and the first thing I noticed was that the smell after a few days was exactly like sourdough bread, this I liked, I enjoyed this smell for about a week and a half, and it had a nice head of foam on the top. Then the middle of last week the smell turned..sharper? I'm not sure how to describe it, its the first time I've come across the smell before! the foam dissapated, which I had expected, but after a few days there seemed to be a kind of small fungus growing on top, it doesn't seem to have grown any, but it does seem to be staying there. There also seem to be a bunch of 'stuck' bubbles just underneath the surface, I would upload a picture, but after looking at the quality that the camera on my phone has, I don't think you would be able to see inside the jar, let alone any bubbles inside! I think that it is still fermenting, when I shine a light into it I can still see it making billions of bubbles inside near the surface. I also will not have anything to check the weight for another three weeks, so Any help to let me know how badly I've screwed things up would be grand!
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!