Recent content by WarmHappyWBellyfulOfMead

I thought I would post it in my thread based on some advice given, I decided to wrap the bung in electrical tape. It seems a little bit of CO2 was escaping out the side of the improperly sealed bung, which I assume won’t be the end of the world. I wrapped the carboy in a garbage bag leaving the...

It was the S type. For my other meads I use (for lack of not knowing the term) the 3-piece “hat” airlocks. I actually had three but shattered one trying to get it into my carboy my first attempt at making mead not knowing it didn’t have to be jammed in all the way. 😂 needless to say I’ll be...

Thanks for all the good advice and assurance guys. She’s still rippin even in the cool basement and there’s no indication that the bung is trying to pop off again. It seems poking/stirring the must put it in a much better place to vent the CO2 without pushing up the neck and clogging my airlock...

The yeast look pretty happy, should I gently swirl the carboy to get that stuff in the neck back into my must? If there’s contamination in the neck like I’m afraid of, would this fester in that neck area? If mixed back into the must, will it contaminate my mead? So many questions, I apologize, I...

I’ll try to be concise, I’m just frantic that I might’ve contaminated my batch. I made a batch of raspberry, blueberry, blackberry mead today, put it in my upstairs closet to ferment with my other carboys (which are doing very well and smelling heavenly). I started primary fermentation around 3...

Hey mead makers, I’m starting my first ever batch of mead today and I was wondering if I could get some guidance. I’m fermenting in two 64 oz. beer growlers following a few guides I came across online. I have a pretty good idea of all of the steps that I need to take, but I’m starting to think...