Hello everyone,
I am completely new in brewing and, after having watched about a hundred tutorials and post about fermenting, brewing and distilling, I decided to give a try.
Probably wrong, I thought that brewing mead would be the best starting point. I will try cider, then beer & wine, and hopefully one day I will be able to distil my own dram.
The thing is that I bought a turbo "vodka" (?) yeast online, and I used it in my first batch. I know, now you are going to kick me off of the community! XD.
Now I've learnt the first lesson, but the fact is that I still have 25lts of mead that after a week is not showing any activity.
I used 0.5kg of honey each 2lts water (I've also learnt the second lesson and next time I will put more honey!)
I stirred and ventilated twice a day.
I divided the batch into two barrels, and I added raisins to one of them. I also boiled some bread yeast and added it to see if it was good as nutrient.
Yesterday (day 8) I added some more of the original yeast (4gr) and it showed activity again. Now it seems completely dead again.
Temp is 20/22C quite constant, I bought a heating mat for 10£ and at max power it seems to keep the mead at that temperature.
My questions are basically:
Assuming that I wont have a good mead at all, can I still save the batch or I must discard it?
The yeast pack said that it would finish its work within a week. How should I manage that yeast on mead? I wanted to keep it working for at least month!
What results should I expect from my first failed try???
Thanks in advance for your opinions, comments and suggestions!
Max
I am completely new in brewing and, after having watched about a hundred tutorials and post about fermenting, brewing and distilling, I decided to give a try.
Probably wrong, I thought that brewing mead would be the best starting point. I will try cider, then beer & wine, and hopefully one day I will be able to distil my own dram.
The thing is that I bought a turbo "vodka" (?) yeast online, and I used it in my first batch. I know, now you are going to kick me off of the community! XD.
Now I've learnt the first lesson, but the fact is that I still have 25lts of mead that after a week is not showing any activity.
I used 0.5kg of honey each 2lts water (I've also learnt the second lesson and next time I will put more honey!)
I stirred and ventilated twice a day.
I divided the batch into two barrels, and I added raisins to one of them. I also boiled some bread yeast and added it to see if it was good as nutrient.
Yesterday (day 8) I added some more of the original yeast (4gr) and it showed activity again. Now it seems completely dead again.
Temp is 20/22C quite constant, I bought a heating mat for 10£ and at max power it seems to keep the mead at that temperature.
My questions are basically:
Assuming that I wont have a good mead at all, can I still save the batch or I must discard it?
The yeast pack said that it would finish its work within a week. How should I manage that yeast on mead? I wanted to keep it working for at least month!
What results should I expect from my first failed try???
Thanks in advance for your opinions, comments and suggestions!
Max