im in the beer limit on hydrometor, guess i thoughr it would me a more vigorous ferment, with higher alcohol. i brew a lot of mead and not much beer it is not behaving how i ame use to
i made a five gallon batch american ale, i used a raspberry syrup that may have contained potassium sulfate in it. the ferment started in about four hours after i pitched the yeast, starting gravity was 1.050 ferment was slow and lasted about 36 hours. final gravity is 1.014. that is only 58%...
Mead is at 1.000, air lock has stopped pretty much. Still co2 bubbles at top of carboy though, and is not clear at all yet. Should I leave it alone? Been thinking about racking to a third and finning it, to soon ? Any feed back is appreciated.
six gallons
20 lb. Kirkland clover honey
1-clove
1/2 cinnamon stick
tsp. lemon peel
tsp. ginger
tsp. coriander
tsp. cardamom
four tea bags- white tea
1/2 bag brown sugar
1 cup fermex ( read package wrong, it called for teaspoon per gal. being it was such high gravity (1.170) i...