Oakbarrel
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So here's a strange thing: I'm fermenting a one gallon test-mead using the following recipe...
1 Gallon Water
3 lbs. Orange Honey
1 Lemon's worth of juice
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
WLP023 Burton Ale Yeast
OG: 1.070
Temp: Kept around 70 degrees.
Staggered yeast nutrients
Everything has been going great. The fermentation took off wonderfully and all was well.
Yesterday, I was adding the last of the staggered nutrients and I said to my girlfriend "Hey, hon! Come smell the mead!" as it had a lovely smell each time I opened the container to add the nutrients. She comes over...takes a whiff...and hurls herself across the room. Thinking she's gone mad, I smell it as well and them promptly hurl MYSELF across the room. I can only describe the experience as snorting a carbonated soda-pop.
The mead tastes great and has a slight bubbly tinge to it but the carbonated death scent is new to me in my third-batch experience in mead-making. Is this something that could be caused by the ale yeast or a combination of ingredients? Has it been possessed? Should I call a priest? Thoughts?
1 Gallon Water
3 lbs. Orange Honey
1 Lemon's worth of juice
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
WLP023 Burton Ale Yeast
OG: 1.070
Temp: Kept around 70 degrees.
Staggered yeast nutrients
Everything has been going great. The fermentation took off wonderfully and all was well.
Yesterday, I was adding the last of the staggered nutrients and I said to my girlfriend "Hey, hon! Come smell the mead!" as it had a lovely smell each time I opened the container to add the nutrients. She comes over...takes a whiff...and hurls herself across the room. Thinking she's gone mad, I smell it as well and them promptly hurl MYSELF across the room. I can only describe the experience as snorting a carbonated soda-pop.
The mead tastes great and has a slight bubbly tinge to it but the carbonated death scent is new to me in my third-batch experience in mead-making. Is this something that could be caused by the ale yeast or a combination of ingredients? Has it been possessed? Should I call a priest? Thoughts?