Hey, so my girlfriend and i made our first any only mead back in december, and we bottled it today. it was the ancient mead recipe but we used champagne yeast, i think it was called Lalvin ec-119 or something. and no nutrients/energizer.
it seemed as though the fermentation took forever, it was showing activity for the first 3 months which seemed strange as i have always brewed beer and it has always finished fermentation after 2 weeks. is this normal? a 3 month fermentation?
also after we bottled today, we had a sample of what wouldnt fit into the rest of the bottles. it was really really sweet, and tasted a bit like cough syrup, it was also quite a bit thicker than beer. would it have finished fermentation? i didnt have my hydrometer on hand so i couldnt measure. and it didnt taste bad to me, my gf didnt like it but it was definitely drinkabe in small amounts. anything seem abnormal here?
thanks!
it seemed as though the fermentation took forever, it was showing activity for the first 3 months which seemed strange as i have always brewed beer and it has always finished fermentation after 2 weeks. is this normal? a 3 month fermentation?
also after we bottled today, we had a sample of what wouldnt fit into the rest of the bottles. it was really really sweet, and tasted a bit like cough syrup, it was also quite a bit thicker than beer. would it have finished fermentation? i didnt have my hydrometer on hand so i couldnt measure. and it didnt taste bad to me, my gf didnt like it but it was definitely drinkabe in small amounts. anything seem abnormal here?
thanks!