Did I screw up?! Help!

[B3nj@m!n]

Hello! So this is my first time brewing a batch of mead. I’m making a recipe I got from The Compleat Meadmaker. It required Riesling Concentrate and will secondary on sour cherries. So in my haste I rehydrated my yeast (D47) but instead of rehydrating it with Go-Ferm, I added the Go-Ferm directly into the must after pitching the yeast. It wasn’t until after that I noticed my mistake. Please tell me I didn’t just screw up my first batch. I still plan to stagger nutrients with Fermaid-K and DAP.

 

[Blacksmith1]

The yeast wil.probably take off anyway. I never use goferm myself and haven't had too many issues getting my yeast going.

 

[CKuhns]

Your fine, continue with the SNA you have planned. D47 is pretty forgiving.

 

[Kevin Gallagher]

Hello! So this is my first time brewing a batch of mead. I’m making a recipe I got from The Compleat Meadmaker. It required Riesling Concentrate and will secondary on sour cherries. So in my haste I rehydrated my yeast (D47) but instead of rehydrating it with Go-Ferm, I added the Go-Ferm directly into the must after pitching the yeast. It wasn’t until after that I noticed my mistake. Please tell me I didn’t just screw up my first batch. I still plan to stagger nutrients with Fermaid-K and DAP.

Go ferm is a nutrient for the yeast which I use with good success. You have that now in the must along with the honey. Just make sure you stir the must now you should be OK.

 

[B3nj@m!n]

Thank you all for your responses. We have lots of bubbling in the airlock and I added the first round of the SNA additions yesterday when I noticed a small amount of bubbling. Now the closet has the pleasant scent of fermentation!

 

[RPh_Guy]

The main reason Go-Ferm is used during rehydration is so that your pitched yeast has exclusive access to the zinc and other nutrients. Otherwise wild microbes in the must might snatch them up first.

In the case of mead, the amount of wild microbes is far lower than must from fresh fruits, so it's not as big of a problem to add the Go-Ferm directly to the must (although it's still recommended to use while rehydrating).

Cheers