vomitflowers
New Member
Hello,
This is my first post, but have been lurking for about 2 years, and been brewing beer for about that long. Just over 2 weeks ago, I started my first mead on 2/6/2010.
It is basically Schramm's "Sweet Show Mead" recipe from his book:
16 pounds of Tupelo honey
4 gallons of spring water
2x packets of Lalvin D-47 yeast
1 tsp of yeast nutrient
1.5 tsp of yeast energizer
OG: 1.122
It has been fermenting at about 65* since then, with no issue. Bubbling the airlock once every 2-3 seconds. On the 13th, I added an additional 1.5 tsp of yeast nutrient. However, starting on the 17th, fermentation seemed to go out of control. I am fermenting this 5 gallon batch in a 6.5 gallon carboy, and it has been at high krausen, overflowing out the airlock for the past 5 days. I was using a blow off tube, but so much was coming out that I just decided to keep replacing the airlock twice a day (after sanitizing and filling with vodka or slivovitz of course). I took a gravity reading on the 19th, and it registered at 1.060, (and tasted quite nice!), so it doesn't seem to be adversely affected at all. I have not been able to find much information about a Mead producing so much krausen when fermenting, and was just wondering if this is normal, or if anyone can shed some light on this. Thanks!
This is my first post, but have been lurking for about 2 years, and been brewing beer for about that long. Just over 2 weeks ago, I started my first mead on 2/6/2010.
It is basically Schramm's "Sweet Show Mead" recipe from his book:
16 pounds of Tupelo honey
4 gallons of spring water
2x packets of Lalvin D-47 yeast
1 tsp of yeast nutrient
1.5 tsp of yeast energizer
OG: 1.122
It has been fermenting at about 65* since then, with no issue. Bubbling the airlock once every 2-3 seconds. On the 13th, I added an additional 1.5 tsp of yeast nutrient. However, starting on the 17th, fermentation seemed to go out of control. I am fermenting this 5 gallon batch in a 6.5 gallon carboy, and it has been at high krausen, overflowing out the airlock for the past 5 days. I was using a blow off tube, but so much was coming out that I just decided to keep replacing the airlock twice a day (after sanitizing and filling with vodka or slivovitz of course). I took a gravity reading on the 19th, and it registered at 1.060, (and tasted quite nice!), so it doesn't seem to be adversely affected at all. I have not been able to find much information about a Mead producing so much krausen when fermenting, and was just wondering if this is normal, or if anyone can shed some light on this. Thanks!