I am trying my hand at a mead now, although its going to be really sweeeet. Here is what I got if anyone has any tips:
Sweet Mead is the intent:
16lbs of wildflower honey (didn't realize how sweet this is over other types!!)
nutrient and wyeast sweet mead 4184
OG - 1.114
FG - 1.040 (kinda high??) The sample was sweet, but pretty good.
This was about 6 weeks at around 72.
I just moved it onto 7 lbs of frozen dark sweet cherries (pitted) from Trader Joes and waiting to see what happens with that. Planning on leaving it there for at least a month.
Just saw that with the wyeast 4184 the tolerance is only 11% and I am currently sitting at about 10.5% and thats before it does anything with the cherries I just racked onto...which won't be much with the low tolerance.
Any suggestions?? Just let it finish or should I repitch with a Red Star or another yeast??
Headin to my LHBS on Friday.
Sweet Mead is the intent:
16lbs of wildflower honey (didn't realize how sweet this is over other types!!)
nutrient and wyeast sweet mead 4184
OG - 1.114
FG - 1.040 (kinda high??) The sample was sweet, but pretty good.
This was about 6 weeks at around 72.
I just moved it onto 7 lbs of frozen dark sweet cherries (pitted) from Trader Joes and waiting to see what happens with that. Planning on leaving it there for at least a month.
Just saw that with the wyeast 4184 the tolerance is only 11% and I am currently sitting at about 10.5% and thats before it does anything with the cherries I just racked onto...which won't be much with the low tolerance.
Any suggestions?? Just let it finish or should I repitch with a Red Star or another yeast??
Headin to my LHBS on Friday.