KilhavenBrew
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I brew beer. Only 11th batch of beer. But decided to try a mead.
1st mead ever.
I used 15 lbs of honey and mixed with boiling water. Then added some yeast nutrients and energizers. 5 gallon batch.
Got the liquid down to 74 degrees. Then pitched Wyeast Dry Mead yeast. The activator pack took more than normal to swell. But did swell after 5 hours. Usually the activator packs for beer swell within an hour or two. So I waited 5 hours to pitch.
The fermentation is aweful slow. Usually on beer, I get 2 blips per second from the airlock by now. (now being 24 hours after I pitched the yeast). This blips maybe one time per 10 seconds. Hardly any krausen. I am worried that the yeast is dead and I am going to need to buy some more yeast?
Or does Mean really appear to be dead compared to beer?
1st mead ever.
I used 15 lbs of honey and mixed with boiling water. Then added some yeast nutrients and energizers. 5 gallon batch.
Got the liquid down to 74 degrees. Then pitched Wyeast Dry Mead yeast. The activator pack took more than normal to swell. But did swell after 5 hours. Usually the activator packs for beer swell within an hour or two. So I waited 5 hours to pitch.
The fermentation is aweful slow. Usually on beer, I get 2 blips per second from the airlock by now. (now being 24 hours after I pitched the yeast). This blips maybe one time per 10 seconds. Hardly any krausen. I am worried that the yeast is dead and I am going to need to buy some more yeast?
Or does Mean really appear to be dead compared to beer?