Beebe
Active Member
Here is my first post! I have a little issue with my mead at this time and looking for some input. After some research I think I was given some bad advise and just wondering what my next step should be.
Here is what I have at this point. Prickly pear mead, 18 lbs honey and six lbs of cactus pears. Five gallons total and I used Wyeast dry mead slap pack. Also used five tsp. of nutriant at the start. Gravity at start was 1.131 and all went well for almost a month.
Racked from a plastic bucket to a glass carboy and at that point gravity was 1.070 All was well, kept going but went out of town and it was hot, like upper 80s to 90 hot in the house! Couple days later, no more bubbles in the mead. Im sure the heat killed everything.
Here is what I have done to try to get it back up and running. Added about four cups of water to top off the carboy and possibly change the acid levels. I never have actually checked the ph levels. I also added one tablespoon of nutrient. Nothing after a day! Next day I added one packet of lalvin k1-v1116 yeast. One day later I have some small bubbles around the neck and I can smell mead comming out the air lock. No bubbling of the air lock that I can see at this time.
Ok, now what? Maybe some energizer? Leave it?
This is my second batch of mead so still learning the ropes and learning lots!
Here is what I have at this point. Prickly pear mead, 18 lbs honey and six lbs of cactus pears. Five gallons total and I used Wyeast dry mead slap pack. Also used five tsp. of nutriant at the start. Gravity at start was 1.131 and all went well for almost a month.
Racked from a plastic bucket to a glass carboy and at that point gravity was 1.070 All was well, kept going but went out of town and it was hot, like upper 80s to 90 hot in the house! Couple days later, no more bubbles in the mead. Im sure the heat killed everything.
Here is what I have done to try to get it back up and running. Added about four cups of water to top off the carboy and possibly change the acid levels. I never have actually checked the ph levels. I also added one tablespoon of nutrient. Nothing after a day! Next day I added one packet of lalvin k1-v1116 yeast. One day later I have some small bubbles around the neck and I can smell mead comming out the air lock. No bubbling of the air lock that I can see at this time.
Ok, now what? Maybe some energizer? Leave it?
This is my second batch of mead so still learning the ropes and learning lots!