neohistory
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and it looks as if it reads 1.020? The temperature of the mead reads about 72.8 from the infrared thermometer. I didn't have the hydrometer on hand when I started (newbie here) so I just drew a sample (everything sanitized that would come in contact with the mead) and this is day 9 since the pitching of the yeast. It has taken on a different smell, it was a little stronger a few days ago (I could smell it coming out from the airlock if I put my nose up to it.) I am sick though at the moment so I'm probably not getting all the smells.
The ingredients I did for this are:
about 1/8th of a cup of powderized tea leaves
3 lbs of unboiled raw honey
1 gallon spring water
and a 7 oz packet of Red star active dry yeast which was rehydrated in the 105 degree F water with some of the must(I actually bought a packet at the grocery store and upon further reading realized it might create more of CO2 than alcohol. It will still be alcohol though right? It just might not be as strong?)
I looked at the slip of paper that came in the tube but I don't understand how I'm suppose to appropriately make up for the difference in temperature? It lists:
52.2 = -0.001
60 is neutral
66.6 = +0.001
and 72.4 +0.002
So is it every 5.8 degrees F I add 0.001?
The ingredients I did for this are:
about 1/8th of a cup of powderized tea leaves
3 lbs of unboiled raw honey
1 gallon spring water
and a 7 oz packet of Red star active dry yeast which was rehydrated in the 105 degree F water with some of the must(I actually bought a packet at the grocery store and upon further reading realized it might create more of CO2 than alcohol. It will still be alcohol though right? It just might not be as strong?)
I looked at the slip of paper that came in the tube but I don't understand how I'm suppose to appropriately make up for the difference in temperature? It lists:
52.2 = -0.001
60 is neutral
66.6 = +0.001
and 72.4 +0.002
So is it every 5.8 degrees F I add 0.001?
