Insomniac
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My first attempt at mead had just reached the 1 bubble every 4 - 5 seconds rate and there was a fair bit of dead yeast at the bottom so I racked it to a secondary.
It's now doing a bubble once every 50 seconds or so, though I imagine it will take a bit of time for the yest to recover after the move anyway.
I've been a little worried at the smell from this mead for a few days as it was quite "tangy" and tasting a tiny amount of it during the transfer I would say it's clearly alcoholic, but tastes of very little at all. This surprised me a bit because I thought I had put in more honey than the yeast would convert as I was aiming for quite a sweet mead.
I follow instructions found here: http://www.stormthecastle.com/mead/brew-1-gallon-of-honey-wine-mead.htm for this particular batch, only I used 6 pots of honey (340g each) which I make to be about 4.5 lb?
Is this normal? Does it just need to be aged for the remaning 3 - 4 months or have I done something silly along the way? There were no visual signs of mold in the primary during fermentation or on cleaning it after.
Any help much appriciated!
It's now doing a bubble once every 50 seconds or so, though I imagine it will take a bit of time for the yest to recover after the move anyway.
I've been a little worried at the smell from this mead for a few days as it was quite "tangy" and tasting a tiny amount of it during the transfer I would say it's clearly alcoholic, but tastes of very little at all. This surprised me a bit because I thought I had put in more honey than the yeast would convert as I was aiming for quite a sweet mead.
I follow instructions found here: http://www.stormthecastle.com/mead/brew-1-gallon-of-honey-wine-mead.htm for this particular batch, only I used 6 pots of honey (340g each) which I make to be about 4.5 lb?
Is this normal? Does it just need to be aged for the remaning 3 - 4 months or have I done something silly along the way? There were no visual signs of mold in the primary during fermentation or on cleaning it after.
Any help much appriciated!