absentmathis
Member
Hi guys,
I'm an avid beer brewer and have just entered the world of mead and need some advice. I've started with a half batch with cheap honey, some yeast energizer, and a dry champaign yeast. I intended to only have 2.5 gallons but somehow mis-measured and have closer to 4 gallons. This was perhaps due to honey adding more volume maybe than does dry extract with my beer... Anyway, got roughly 4 gallons in a 5 gal carboy. I want add blueberries/extract to half of the batch, but don't know how best to do so and avoid too much airspace.
The batch has fermented for a little over two weeks and seems to be slowed to barely expelling anything. I only have 5+ gallon fermenters, will splitting this into two vessels cause trouble with too much oxygen? How do I prep the blueberries?
Should I bottle half in large containers (22+ oz bottles) and use my two gallon jugs for the secondary with berries?
Any advice would be much appreciated!
I'm an avid beer brewer and have just entered the world of mead and need some advice. I've started with a half batch with cheap honey, some yeast energizer, and a dry champaign yeast. I intended to only have 2.5 gallons but somehow mis-measured and have closer to 4 gallons. This was perhaps due to honey adding more volume maybe than does dry extract with my beer... Anyway, got roughly 4 gallons in a 5 gal carboy. I want add blueberries/extract to half of the batch, but don't know how best to do so and avoid too much airspace.
The batch has fermented for a little over two weeks and seems to be slowed to barely expelling anything. I only have 5+ gallon fermenters, will splitting this into two vessels cause trouble with too much oxygen? How do I prep the blueberries?
Should I bottle half in large containers (22+ oz bottles) and use my two gallon jugs for the secondary with berries?
Any advice would be much appreciated!