Chaserz28
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I made my first mead made out of Prickly Pear. I am doing a 5 gallons batch and used 20 pounds of honey, 6 pounds of prickly pears. I mixed the honey in about 2 gallons of hot water and simmered it to make sure it was all dissolved and mixed and than added that to my strained prickly pear juice.
I added in White Labs Sweet Mead yeast, and it is a bit slow to start, took 48 hours to have the yeast start and I did use a yeast nutrient. Is there to much honey vs water in the mix? Also when I took a reading from my hydrometer, the reading was off the scale, way past 70, did I do something wrong? I would suggest I used to much honey and not enough water? Your thoughts?
Thanks
I added in White Labs Sweet Mead yeast, and it is a bit slow to start, took 48 hours to have the yeast start and I did use a yeast nutrient. Is there to much honey vs water in the mix? Also when I took a reading from my hydrometer, the reading was off the scale, way past 70, did I do something wrong? I would suggest I used to much honey and not enough water? Your thoughts?
Thanks