When there is no more bubbling in the primary fermenter can I bottle my mead?

[Beer Viking]

Hi everyone,

It's been awhile since I've posted here but I'm looking into making a bulk 5 G batch of mead. When there is no more bubbling in the primary fermenter and I take a reading for gravity and it is around 1.000 is it safe to bottle my mead directly from my primary fermenter or will that make bottle bombs? I just watched a youtube video where someone said that after there is no activity in the primary fermenter you need to put the mead in a secondary fermenter and use some product to halt further fermentation. What do you guys do?

 

[lumpher]

Just because there is no more activity bubbling, that doesn't mean much. It just means you either have a leak or the activity has really slowed. Nothing will take the place of measuring the fg a few days in a row to find out if it's done, other than chemically stabilizing with k-meta and k-sorbate.

 

[CKuhns]

Whrn "bubbling" slows. Check the gravity using a hydrometer. If at or near 1.010 transfer to secondary. Allow it to clear and check the gravity again then again 1 week later if no change then clarify if needed, stabilize if you prefer and bottle.

 

[Srimmey]

Rack it after primary to get it off the gunk, then let it clear before bottling.

 

[Raptor99]

Once I rack my mead into a carboy for secondary/bulk aging, I usually leave it there for at least 6 months. Mead needs to age anyway, and that gives it time to clear naturally.

Then before bottling I will stabilize and backsweeten with honey.

 

[Beer Viking]

Thanks for all of the help everyone. Let me see if I have this straight; After there is no more bubbling I check the SG and then check again in a week and if the SG is the same I can rack it to a second primary fermenter and at this point I add k-meta or k-sorbate? Then I stir this stuff in and let it rest for a week and check the SG again and if it is the same it will be good to bottle?

Thanks again for the help!