Hey folks. I just bought a house and I'm trying to get my equipment set up so I can start making some mead again. I have a spacious closet in the garage already set aside to be my mead room, but I'm having difficulty deciding what form I want it to take. Id like to see pictures of your equipment...
Could there truly be an "Angel's Share" with mead like the aging of bourbon? Probably not, but I hope you can help me figure this out.
I started a JAOM recipe two days ago. Here are my ingredients.
- 2lbs. Goldenrod Honey
- .75lbs. Wildflower Honey
- 1 Orange, cut into 1/8th, with rind on...
Well, the first SG reading I took, the hydrometer dropped to the bottom of the glass. Would not float at all. The liquid covered it to 1.010, so I made the assesment if the glass were a bit taller, it would be 1.000. My reading this week gave me 1.072.
I appreciate that input. I had thought that could be the issue, especially since I introduced more O2 during the transfer. I was also thinking that if it is still slow in a couple weeks I may split the batch and add more honey and yeast.
I actually did take a reading before I racked it. But I'm still learning how to use my hydrometer, so it didnt really reveal much information that I truly understood. I does seem to have increased in alcohol content, of course, but like I said it's still quite foreign to me.
So I racked the mead into a carboy yesterday, and now the airlock hardly bubbles. While it was in a 2 gallon bucket, I would get airlock bubbles between 20 and 50 seconds apart with varying times. Now I might get one every 90 to 120 seconds. I'm not sure why its doing that, but I'm worried it...