stamasd
Active Member
Hi there! I've been brewing for a few years, very sparsely, beer and wine. Never tried a mead before. Been reading these threads here for a few days and decided to give it a try. Starting with a basic mead recipe from http://meadist.com/making-mead/mead-recipes/traditional-mead/ with a few twists.
So basically I used:
15lbs honey (generic local, nothing fancy)
4.5 gal water - using spring water as for my beer
1lb strawberries, cleaned, sliced, simmered for 10 minutes
2 packets Lalvin D47, hydrated for 30 minutes in a cup of water with a teaspoon of brown sugar, was widely awake when I pitched it
1 teaspoon Fermax yeast nutrient
Put that in my 6gal fermenter with airlock yesterday morning. This morning it's bubbling healthily, about 1 bubble every 3 seconds.
Picture attached of the fermenter just before I put the lid on yesterday.
So basically I used:
15lbs honey (generic local, nothing fancy)
4.5 gal water - using spring water as for my beer
1lb strawberries, cleaned, sliced, simmered for 10 minutes
2 packets Lalvin D47, hydrated for 30 minutes in a cup of water with a teaspoon of brown sugar, was widely awake when I pitched it
1 teaspoon Fermax yeast nutrient
Put that in my 6gal fermenter with airlock yesterday morning. This morning it's bubbling healthily, about 1 bubble every 3 seconds.
Picture attached of the fermenter just before I put the lid on yesterday.