MotivatedKing
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I've been brewing beer for a few years so I guess I'm used to the speed of ale yeast but I tried my first batch of mead 6 days ago and the slow fermentation had me worried.
Mixing honey and water I ended up with 23L/6 gallons @ 1.110 OG
I dry pitched a packet of EC-1118 the same time I started two fermenters of beers.
I couldn't buy "real" yeast nutrition as the closest brewing store is a long distance away, so I usually order over the internet; so I boiled 50g of bakers yest and crushed a bunch of multivitamins calsium and zinc supplement tablets. After that I finally got a krauzen but my hydrometer tells me that I've only got about 2% alcohol in 6 days while my beers are 6.5%
Am I doing something wrong or is mead usually this slow?
Mixing honey and water I ended up with 23L/6 gallons @ 1.110 OG
I dry pitched a packet of EC-1118 the same time I started two fermenters of beers.
I couldn't buy "real" yeast nutrition as the closest brewing store is a long distance away, so I usually order over the internet; so I boiled 50g of bakers yest and crushed a bunch of multivitamins calsium and zinc supplement tablets. After that I finally got a krauzen but my hydrometer tells me that I've only got about 2% alcohol in 6 days while my beers are 6.5%
Am I doing something wrong or is mead usually this slow?