TheNoodlerHank
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I pitch my yeast like a week and half ago. And now it's slowed down to every 12sec it bubbles. Should I pitch again? I used 1118 yeast.
TheNoodlerHank said:I pitch my yeast like a week and half ago. And now it's slowed down to every 12sec it bubbles. Should I pitch again? I used 1118 yeast.
I used 18lbs of honey for 5 gal.
Shakybones said:Then you should end up with a sweet mead. Even EC-1118 won't survive that much EtOH. It could have been slightly drier, if you had reserved some honey for later addition, but all at once, I expect that the bugs will drop out before it even reaches 18% ABV, leaving you with >2 lbs of unfermented honey in the batch.
Also, I hope you were wanting a still mead, unless you plan to keg it and force carb.
If that is champange yeast, I would say dont add nutrient. And you wont get a sweet mead unless you used a larger amount of honey than its abv tolerance. Im guessing you will have to back sweeten too for a sweet mead with that yeast.
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