Recent content by Siara

I'm really sorry! In between vacation, little time and other issues I've not found the time to update! After the last test with the hydrometer I waited one week and tested again, it was at 1.000 so I decided that it was time. I syphoned the 2 jars of hydromel into 2 jars of the same size...

Thank you very much for the explanation! It seems that pasteurization might be simpler than adding more chemicals, how do I do it though? Will it change the flavour? My hydromel already has 0.35 grams of Metabisulfite that I added when it was only 4 liters of water and 2Kg of honey. Should I...

I just tested the hydromel and this is the result! It is going much better now and I'm feeling positive and hopeful that the fermentation will get to the end! Should I test it again in about 10 days? Since I now have almost double the amount of what I had initially, I feel like that I should...

Hello!! I did as you said and it restarted to bubble a lot. I just came back from a one week vacation and I will be able to test it with the hydrometer again tomorrow or the day after tomorrow! I will keep you posted! Since I added 4 more liters of water and I had to split the hydromel in 2...

Oh my this is so complex.. @MightyMosin how much yeast am I supposed to use with the new 4 liters of water? I can't figure it out

I used this Swedish yeast, about 3 or 3.1 grams. It has good reviews and it said that it is for hydromel. Right now the temperature is about 25 C (77 F), when I started in May it was a lower though. I don't have an AC. Considering the hydrometer test above, what should I do? @MightyMosin if you...

Okay I tested the mead with the hydrometer and.. unfortunately even if 1 months and about 3 weeks have passed, it is still far from the 1.000 mark. Just as a reminder, I used 2 Kg of wild flowers honey in 4 liters of water (and I know now that it was too much honey). I tasted the mead, I'm not...

Thank you! I will use corks then! In the next days I'll post a picture of the hydrometer test!

Thank you! I was also wondering if I could use the type of wine bottles that I posted below to store the mead. If yes, can I use a cork? Or must the cap be made of plastic? These bottles don't allow you to use a mechanical stopper. Will it be fine or is the mechanical stopper mandatory?

Thank you all again for the answers! I got both the hydrometer and the metabisulfite and now I realized that I have a doubt about how to use the metabisulfite. I understood that I must put 0.4 grams in my 5 liters of mead. I also tested the hydrometer with water and it reads exactly 1.000 so it...

Should I buy the pH strips to check it?

Thank you all of you for the help! I will get a hydrometer and then post a picture of the result as soon as I can! @MightyMosin I bought these 2 products in the spoiler, are they fine? I found lots of hydrometers with different scales.. The metabisulfite is in a bag of 250 grams. It is a lot...

Thank you very much again and for the links as well! When you say that the hydrometer should read 1.000, do you mean the "100" at the top of the hydrometer? I checked the metabisulfite that you linked, in the description it says 2 grams for 10 liters, should I use then 1 gram or .4 like you...

Thank you very much!! I didn't taste the mead yet and I wasn't planning on adding anything because it is my first time and I'd like to keep it simple! Next time I will try something more complex and I will make hydromel with 1Kg of honey then. Here in the spoiler I put an image of a...

Thank you for the answer! I literally checked multiple recipes and videos (I admit that they were all made in my country) and they all agreed on that amount of honey, so I went with it! Is it normal that it is still bubbling that much after 1 month and half then? How much honey should I have...