mead fermentation

I recently started a batch of blackberry mead. The idea in mind was to test the outcome of using two different strains of yeast to see the differences. I’ll include my recipes below for those who are interested. I got a little greedy with my head space on my 1-gallon car boys and the airlocks...

I am a beginner and I’m making my first batch of strawberry mead. It’s been 3 weeks since I started. It has already been it it’s secondary stage. I thought that it was done due to fermentation slowing down tremendously so I then added a campden tablet and potassium sorbate to stabilize so that I...

I am making a very strong mead, about 18% alcohol. It is about 3~4 months old. And currently I rack it every 1.5 months to clarify it. It tastes like alcohol and yeast, and it is not pleasant at all. Should it taste different? Should it change with age? The process was a bit of a mess. * I...

Hello I'm a first time mead brewer. I haven't started the process yet but I plan on ordering all of the equipment tonight. I'd like to share what recipe/process I plan on going with and I'd love some feedback in what you guys think. I plan on using a 6.5 gallon (siphonless big mouth bubbler...

Hello everyone! I am making mead for the first time and using a recipe I found online. The mead had an initial gravity of 1.116 when I started it in early December and now that it has been about 2 months the specific gravity has only gotten down to 1.07. It is being kept in the basement, so it...

Hello fellow mead makers, I have been monitoring my first brew and already from the odd ways it behaves, I know it will have fusels and im sure the mead is stressed. That being said, time will fix all. Although one question does escape me. After the first 5 days, do any of you continue to...

I'm very new to making mead. I started a batch of honey mead about a week ago and I'm not seeing any signs of fermentation. My yeast starter was active when i added to my must. Is there anything I can do to get it going again? Ingredients: 8lbs wildflower honey 4 gal apple cider 4 lg green...

Hello everyone, I'm brand new to mead brewing and have some questions on my second batch my buddies and I want to make. I bought a kit from craft a brew and made my first batch this past summer. I've never really had mead before this but according to my friends the brew that I made following...

I just started fermenting my first batch of mead. I am using a gallon carboy with a rubber stopper and airlock I found off Amazon. In my impatience I went to check on the fermentation process and noticed that the stopper had backed out of the bottle somewhat and I think it was exposed to air...

Im new to this. After 3 weeks i didnt saw any more arilock activity on my strawberry mead (for 2-3 days) so i decided to rack my mead. I did a little taste test and it just taste flat... it doesn't have a special flavor... Its like, water with a little of honey that burns a little... Any...

Hi, I'm very new to brewing and I have started with mead. The recipes and advice I followed didn't mention anything about measuring the starting gravity? I am trying to make a gorse mead, started it about 6 weeks ago. It was only in the primary for 4 days as that was what was suggested. I...

Hi, im 23 and im from México. Im very happy to be part of this community, i just made my first mead batch ever. I went with a simple strawberry mead, and i hope it turns out well. Mead has always fascinated me, since i always watch movies, series or playing videogames, it was always there haha...

Hi! I've recently stepped into making mead after a few years of brewing ginger beers, and would appreciate some feedback/guidance on how badly I've messed up my first mead. I made quite a few mistakes when putting it together, and am worried mainly that it may be sickly sweet at the end. I do...

Im brewing 2 gallon glass jugs of mead Gallon 1 is by Craft a Brew ingredient packets Gallon 2 i used an alternative brand yeast nutrient Gallon 2 is bubbling just fine however Gallon 1 Airlock stopped bubbling at fermentation Day 10 ....both gallons are at same temp. What does this mean...

Hi everyone. This is my first time brewing mead and the first time brewing anything at all. I started today (January 7th 2023) and the fermenting process seems to have started. Bubbles are rising through the air lock. My question regarding the air lock is this: is it okay for the water to shift...

Hey y'all! I am doing my first mead brew, and I think I racked without letting it finish fermenting. I was following a recipe that said fermenting took around three weeks. I was not aware of measuring the gravity to follow the fermentation. I didn't take the original gravity of the must. I...

I am curious about space and would like to know if I can do my fermenting in 20ft shipping containers or even just barrel aging within those shipping containers. They do not have air conditioning and are just straight unmodified containers. I could make accommodations on the shipping containers...

So...I decided to try to make mead... I used this: - 1Kg of local honey; - 4L of filtered water (3.5L hot and 0.5L room temperature); - 6 raisins (chopped in half); - Lemon peel (the outer skin only); - Tangerine peel (the outer skin only); - 1 lemon juice; - 1/2 cinnamon stick; - fresh herbs...

Hi all, I just got a stainless conical fermentor. Does anyone have any advice with fermenting red wine or Raspberry mead in a stainless fermentor? I don’t want to permanently stain the inside of the vessel like my plastic buckets, and don’t know anyone to ask. Of course there is no mention...

Hello, lovely to mead everyone. I am a new mead brewer and very very exited. I mixed up my first 30l batch of mead and im going to do another 60l in about 6 months. 1. If i started with a specific gravity of 1.15/1.16 and im using 18% mead yeast, do you think the end result will be dry or semi...