Joakim.Flood.92
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Hi,
This is my first attempt on making mead and so far everything has went fine. I started off with primary fermentation in a plastic container with a a total amount of 7 liters of mead. After about 2 weeks the gravity was down to 1000 so I decided to siphon it over into two different glass fermentation vessels to be able to add raspberries into one of them. Now, in Sweden these are called "gallon bottles" which stupidly made me think that they would contain up to 1 gallon of liquid which in my mind was perfect because the 7 liters batch would be almost exactly 2 gallons. However, these were a little bit larger so I only managed to fill up one and a half bottles.
Question 1:
Is it possible to age mead (without it going bad) when only half the vessel is full? I am worried about oxidation.
Question 2:
How long should I keep the airlocks on while aging the mead? I assume that if I decide that I want to age it for 6 months then I would keep the airlocks on for this entire time and then siphon it into bottles (to get rid of the sediment that will be generated) and after this put capsules on?
Question 3:
I added raspberries (which I boiled and tried to siphon to the best of my ability) to the bottle that is completely filled up to the top. There are some solid parts from the raspberries on the inner side of the bottle (not covered with mead). As far as I have understood all solid parts must be covered with mead in order for it not to go bad and develop mold. Am I correct in thinking that I need to re-bottle it into a clean vessel within a week for its long term aging?
Regards,
Joakim
This is my first attempt on making mead and so far everything has went fine. I started off with primary fermentation in a plastic container with a a total amount of 7 liters of mead. After about 2 weeks the gravity was down to 1000 so I decided to siphon it over into two different glass fermentation vessels to be able to add raspberries into one of them. Now, in Sweden these are called "gallon bottles" which stupidly made me think that they would contain up to 1 gallon of liquid which in my mind was perfect because the 7 liters batch would be almost exactly 2 gallons. However, these were a little bit larger so I only managed to fill up one and a half bottles.
Question 1:
Is it possible to age mead (without it going bad) when only half the vessel is full? I am worried about oxidation.
Question 2:
How long should I keep the airlocks on while aging the mead? I assume that if I decide that I want to age it for 6 months then I would keep the airlocks on for this entire time and then siphon it into bottles (to get rid of the sediment that will be generated) and after this put capsules on?
Question 3:
I added raspberries (which I boiled and tried to siphon to the best of my ability) to the bottle that is completely filled up to the top. There are some solid parts from the raspberries on the inner side of the bottle (not covered with mead). As far as I have understood all solid parts must be covered with mead in order for it not to go bad and develop mold. Am I correct in thinking that I need to re-bottle it into a clean vessel within a week for its long term aging?
Regards,
Joakim