Bradinator
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
I never considered making Mead before, but after reading some of the recipes it seemed simpler then beer so I figured I would give it a shot. I used the recipe very similar to MAOM, with a couple minor differences:
Heres the recipe:
1.5kg (approx 3.5 lbs) of pasteurized honey from Costco
1 Orange, peeled and diced (I could not get organic so I did not want to put the peels in).
1 handful of raisins
1 Stick of Cinnamon
1 Clove
1 packet of Coopers Ale yeast (They had no Mead yeast available)
Dissolved the honey in 3L of water @ 75F, tossed in the orange, raisins, clove and cinnamon and let it steep for about 15 minutes. Cooled it in a water bath to about room temperature and moved it to the fermentor leaving the orange, raisins, etc in it and pitched my yeast dry. I gave it a shake, closed it up and placed it into my basement.
Within about an hour it was fermenting and it looks like some gunk came up into the tube due to how full it was. Should I clean this tube out? It does not seem to be blocking airflow but I am worried it may become a place for infection later. Any thoughts?
Thanks
I never considered making Mead before, but after reading some of the recipes it seemed simpler then beer so I figured I would give it a shot. I used the recipe very similar to MAOM, with a couple minor differences:
Heres the recipe:
1.5kg (approx 3.5 lbs) of pasteurized honey from Costco
1 Orange, peeled and diced (I could not get organic so I did not want to put the peels in).
1 handful of raisins
1 Stick of Cinnamon
1 Clove
1 packet of Coopers Ale yeast (They had no Mead yeast available)
Dissolved the honey in 3L of water @ 75F, tossed in the orange, raisins, clove and cinnamon and let it steep for about 15 minutes. Cooled it in a water bath to about room temperature and moved it to the fermentor leaving the orange, raisins, etc in it and pitched my yeast dry. I gave it a shake, closed it up and placed it into my basement.
Within about an hour it was fermenting and it looks like some gunk came up into the tube due to how full it was. Should I clean this tube out? It does not seem to be blocking airflow but I am worried it may become a place for infection later. Any thoughts?
Thanks