hello, well I started a 5 gallon batch of mead about 2 and a half weeks ago. and I dont think anybody could have messed it up like I did. I started by boiling some water and adding about 2lbs of honey, and poured it into the bucket. I then added one pound of surger, a container of juice consentrate, about 5 apples and 5 plums. I had a sweet yeast that was liquid in the pakage when I got it, I didnt read the dir. right and didnt break the small pack inside the liquid. so I cut it open and stirred it with the liquid yeast.
I then pitched it into the musk, I think my musk was too hot. I had let it sit for about 2-4 days and no fermenting had started. I had read that yeast will die instantly at above 80ish. so I then reopend the bucket and pitched 3 dry packets of "baking" yeast (its all I had at the time) that I let sit in water 15 minutes prior to activate it.
I now have it in the closet its fermenting, but nothings coming out of the airlock.
my question is, is this normal? and will baking yeast work with this?
also its at at realativly lower heat, about 68-70 will this effect it in anyway?
thanks.
I then pitched it into the musk, I think my musk was too hot. I had let it sit for about 2-4 days and no fermenting had started. I had read that yeast will die instantly at above 80ish. so I then reopend the bucket and pitched 3 dry packets of "baking" yeast (its all I had at the time) that I let sit in water 15 minutes prior to activate it.
I now have it in the closet its fermenting, but nothings coming out of the airlock.
my question is, is this normal? and will baking yeast work with this?
also its at at realativly lower heat, about 68-70 will this effect it in anyway?
thanks.