Avocado Mead Recipe?

[SuperSkylar]

Welp... Im bemused as f**K... I put the yeast in... And what do you know... Those F**kers must really love it cuz this morning there was an avocado cloud shooting out of the airlock?! So I went to clean it out, must of loosened the lid slightly because when I did.. THE DAMN CAP SHOT OFF AND SPRAYED MY KITCHEN AND ME WITH LIQUID GUACAMOLE!!! I probably lost about 1 avocado and a bit of liquid in the process... Does anyone know WTF is going on lol, how is the yeast brewing up all this pressure and what not lol... (Also air was getting out from the airlock, I saw it working all the way up until the damn thing exploded..

 

[SuperSkylar]

What yeast did u end up going with?

The premier cuvee

 

[JoeyChopps]

Welp... Im bemused as f**K... I put the yeast in... And what do you know... Those F**kers must really love it cuz this morning there was an avocado cloud shooting out of the airlock?! So I went to clean it out, must of loosened the lid slightly because when I did.. THE DAMN CAP SHOT OFF AND SPRAYED MY KITCHEN AND ME WITH LIQUID GUACAMOLE!!! I probably lost about 1 avocado and a bit of liquid in the process... Does anyone know WTF is going on lol, how is the yeast brewing up all this pressure and what not lol... (Also air was getting out from the airlock, I saw it working all the way up until the damn thing exploded..

Sounds like a super agresive fermentation u should rig up a blow off tube

 

[SuperSkylar]

Sounds like a super agresive fermentation u should rig up a blow off tube

What would I need to make 1?

 

[urbanmyth]

A piece of tubing. Shove it into the bung where the airlock is now. Put other end of tubing into a glass of water, StarSan, vodka, etc.

 

[Bugeaud]

Omg man... well, more head space would of helped I guess............. +1 on the blow off tube but it should calm down in a day or two. (Should...) Also, read a bit on that yeast, turns out it's a super tough yeast capable of unstucking any fermentation... this may have attributed to your incident.

 

[brewingmeister]

Not really shocking that 12 avocados, 3 lbs of honey, a quart of water, some fruit and whatever else didn't fit in a gallon jug. It's just too much volume for such a small container especially when you add yeast to the mix. The volume level must have been at the top of the jug, it probably needed to be in a vessel at least twice the size. With the blowoff and after racking off all the solids you might be lucky to get a half gal. Dare I ask if you took an og gravity for this monstrosity?

 

[Bugeaud]

lol, maybe an avocado mash would of been a better bet. Or unsweetened avocado juice. What do y'all think?

 

[SuperSkylar]

A piece of tubing. Shove it into the bung where the airlock is now. Put other end of tubing into a glass of water, StarSan, vodka, etc.

Ok, I will try that if it starts acting up, its super thick at the moment. It'll get kinda clogged for around 5-10 min, then unclog and the air lock will bob at least once every second lol, its booming!

Not really shocking that 12 avocados, 3 lbs of honey, a quart of water, some fruit and whatever else didn't fit in a gallon jug. It's just too much volume for such a small container especially when you add yeast to the mix. The volume level must have been at the top of the jug, it probably needed to be in a vessel at least twice the size. With the blowoff and after racking off all the solids you might be lucky to get a half gal. Dare I ask if you took an og gravity for this monstrosity?

Yea, sadly I only have 1 gallon jugs.. I will get bigger containers next time lol. I didn't even fill it up to the neck though. I will be ok with getting half a gallon, it was kinda expensive but not crazy, only around $15. And sorry, no I didn't.

 

[Bugeaud]

Well at least it's going fast. lol, you should post pics though. Just a suggestion.

 

[Tombstone0]

I don't want to do discourage you but it looks like the people who were recommending amounts for your avocados missed the part about this being a one gallon batch. Typically, it's recommended that you add 1-2 pounds of fruit (or avocados in your case) per gallon on the first attempt. It looks like they were recommending 7.5 gallons for a 5-gallon batch. 1.5 pounds per gallon.

 

[urbanmyth]

Agreed. Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Bugeaud]

I don't want to do discourage you but it looks like the people who were recommending amounts for your avocados missed the part about this being a one gallon batch. Typically, it's recommended that you add 1-2 pounds of fruit (or avocados in your case) per gallon on the first attempt. It looks like they were recommending 7.5 gallons for a 5-gallon batch. 1.5 pounds per gallon.

Sorry, my bad then, it's just my opinion that avocados really don't have that much flavour by themselves and that 2 or 3 pounds wouldn't be nearly enough.

 

[SuperSkylar]

I don't want to do discourage you but it looks like the people who were recommending amounts for your avocados missed the part about this being a one gallon batch. Typically, it's recommended that you add 1-2 pounds of fruit (or avocados in your case) per gallon on the first attempt. It looks like they were recommending 7.5 gallons for a 5-gallon batch. 1.5 pounds per gallon.

Well that sucks big time ... Well this batch is ruined and $20 literally flushed down the drain... Is there anyway to salvage it? I can get a 5 gallon container... Basically it was getting clogged do to using a **** load of avocados, and it would randomly explode shooting green mess everywhere in my kitchen... So I moved it to the bathroom. I took a long wooden stick n fished around in there to relieve pressure. **** went flying EVERYWHERE... I lost lots of liquid, couple cups I'd say.
So is there any way to save it. Add a couple pounds of sugar? Maybe more yeast, lots more water? 5 gallon bucket???
... Not even gonna say thanks cuz you guys ****ed me over lol.

 

[brewingmeister]

Well, if you have a bunch of 1 gal jugs how about splitting it up until the ferment slows and combine into one when you rack it? or if you have a large stainless pot you could use that with a lid or some plastic wrap over the top.
Adding other things at this point doesn't really seem like the best idea.

 

[SuperSkylar]

Well, if you have a bunch of 1 gal jugs how about splitting it up until the ferment slows and combine into one when you rack it? or if you have a large stainless pot you could use that with a lid or some plastic wrap over the top.
Adding other things at this point doesn't really seem like the best idea.

I can't open it without it shooting EVERYWHERE! Thats why I was thinking a 5 gallon bucket.. I'd rather just use a jug to re-make it properly rather than **** around with this

 

[brewingmeister]

I can't open it without it shooting EVERYWHERE! Thats why I was thinking a 5 gallon bucket.. I'd rather just use a jug to re-make it properly rather than **** around with this

Well it sounds like pressure is really building up in there. It is just going to keep blowing the top off or worse and end up being a 1 gal guacamole grenade. That's why I suggested the large pot. Put the lid on, set it in the sink and walk away for a while.

 

[SuperSkylar]

I decided tomorrow I am gonna split it up in 2 jugs.

 

[SuperSkylar]

I will add about a pound of sugar and a 4 teabags

 

[turtlescales]

Oh no, I feel a little bad now encouraging you on this. I wasn't suggesting quantity of avocodos though, hahaha. Thank you for enduring guacamole geysers in the name of curioisty, and posting it for all of us!

 

[SuperSkylar]

Its... Ok. lol

 

[SuperSkylar]

I salvaged it!!!

 

[SuperSkylar]

I will call this green monster... "THE HULK"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think around 12 avocados are still in there? maybe a couple less or more. I will see if it is too strong in a few months, from there I'll tweak it.

 

[Tombstone0]

I will call this green monster... "THE HULK"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think around 12 avocados are still in there? maybe a couple less or more. I will see if it is too strong in a few months, from there I'll tweak it.

I'm glad this worked out for you.

 

[Tyrone]

I will call this green monster... "THE HULK"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think around 12 avocados are still in there? maybe a couple less or more. I will see if it is too strong in a few months, from there I'll tweak it.

uh huh... pics please...

 

[SuperSkylar]

uh huh... pics please...

It doesn't help that its in a green jug... And sadly I am not gonna shake it up just for all of your guys plessure lol.

 

[Bugeaud]

that's green as ****.

 

[SuperSkylar]

that's green as ****.

THE HUUULK!!! lol

 

[Hazroth]

why not open ferment and have all your problems solved?

 

[SuperSkylar]

Lol, I was doing that, but because it was going so strong I didn't want the yeast to get going even faster, and in the beginning the pressure was so high I couldn't take the lid off... So it would have made it WAAAAY worse to attempt that. I also found that the longer neck somewhat helped less waist rise out. Thats why.