Hi All
I'm new here, a Kiwi and have been reading these forums for a few weeks now.
I love mead , so much I decided to start making it . ( the $18 a bottle price tag had something to do with it also )
I didn't have a hydrometer when I started, but got one yesterday to check my batch as it looked to have stopped fermenting.
Here is my recipe , ( I hope you dont all hate the metric system )
500 grams premium liquid clover honey
500 grams wildflower with manuka honey
Added to enough water to fill a 4.5 Litre Carboy , ( 1 gallon )
7g Lalvin DV10 yeast ( all I can really get my hands on here )
9g GO-FERM Protect
So, I didn't heat anything, added the honey water into the carboy, hydrated the yeast and Go-FERM , pitched and put it in the pantry.
Here is where I am confused as I've been reading ALOT about mead from this forums and various other places .. It looked to have stopped fermenting 6 days later, I thought ... this doesn't add up , got myself a Hydrometer, and it read 1.001
I didn't have a reading from when I mixed it all , but I used the mead calculator and it says this should be just above 8% at 0.998
I figured it must be rackng time ( slap me if I just failed ) , So I racked it and it's clearing up allready, tasted good and has alcohol in it for sure .
Can someone enlighten me as to what made it happen in 6 days? or have I just made a big newbie mistake or something?
Thanks!
Dean
I'm new here, a Kiwi and have been reading these forums for a few weeks now.
I love mead , so much I decided to start making it . ( the $18 a bottle price tag had something to do with it also )
I didn't have a hydrometer when I started, but got one yesterday to check my batch as it looked to have stopped fermenting.
Here is my recipe , ( I hope you dont all hate the metric system )
500 grams premium liquid clover honey
500 grams wildflower with manuka honey
Added to enough water to fill a 4.5 Litre Carboy , ( 1 gallon )
7g Lalvin DV10 yeast ( all I can really get my hands on here )
9g GO-FERM Protect
So, I didn't heat anything, added the honey water into the carboy, hydrated the yeast and Go-FERM , pitched and put it in the pantry.
Here is where I am confused as I've been reading ALOT about mead from this forums and various other places .. It looked to have stopped fermenting 6 days later, I thought ... this doesn't add up , got myself a Hydrometer, and it read 1.001
I didn't have a reading from when I mixed it all , but I used the mead calculator and it says this should be just above 8% at 0.998
I figured it must be rackng time ( slap me if I just failed ) , So I racked it and it's clearing up allready, tasted good and has alcohol in it for sure .
Can someone enlighten me as to what made it happen in 6 days? or have I just made a big newbie mistake or something?
Thanks!
Dean