I have been poking around on the internet, and I have yet to find a good answer to my problem. I used the no-heat method for my 5-gallon batch of raspberry melomel. I simply dumped in 15 lbs of clove honey, 48oz of frozen raspberries, and topped it off with water. The raspberries, although mostly thawed, brought the temps of my must down considerably, and the honey simple would not dissolve, even when I shook the ever livin' piss out of the carboy for 10 minutes. I have a good 3 inches of honey sitting at the bottom of the carboy.
The question is, will this honey be fermented out OK, or did I just blow my first batch of mead?
I understand that I can stir it up with some sort of drill attachment, but I have seen several youtube videos that state that this is not necessary, and you can get away with just dumping the honey in and not dissolving at all. This no-heat method results in a more aromatic mead supposedly as the heat method "boils" away some of the compounds in honey that lend to its aromatics.
The question is, will this honey be fermented out OK, or did I just blow my first batch of mead?
I understand that I can stir it up with some sort of drill attachment, but I have seen several youtube videos that state that this is not necessary, and you can get away with just dumping the honey in and not dissolving at all. This no-heat method results in a more aromatic mead supposedly as the heat method "boils" away some of the compounds in honey that lend to its aromatics.