Late october 2015 I started a 1-gallon batch of mead using wyeast sweet mead yeast 4184, hoping it would be done by easter 2016.
I eased up on the honey, it is around 5oz short of 3lbs, because I've tried making a mead with this yeast before and I know that it will not ferment out the usual 3lb/gallon (and it doesn't claim too, I just didn't want it to be that sweet or to leave syrupy honey-water behind at bottling). I staggered in some nutrient and energizer additions, and transferred once at about a month. It is finally clearing up, yet there is what appears to be plenty of honey that sunk to the bottom.
I'm thinking that it is clear so I'm going to bottle it. Last batch (with a full 3lbs of honey) I bottled when it was clear it only got a little carbonated, nothing exploded. Is this a horrible idea? Would leaving it for another month do much good?
I eased up on the honey, it is around 5oz short of 3lbs, because I've tried making a mead with this yeast before and I know that it will not ferment out the usual 3lb/gallon (and it doesn't claim too, I just didn't want it to be that sweet or to leave syrupy honey-water behind at bottling). I staggered in some nutrient and energizer additions, and transferred once at about a month. It is finally clearing up, yet there is what appears to be plenty of honey that sunk to the bottom.
I'm thinking that it is clear so I'm going to bottle it. Last batch (with a full 3lbs of honey) I bottled when it was clear it only got a little carbonated, nothing exploded. Is this a horrible idea? Would leaving it for another month do much good?