DRxAndy
Member
ok, so this is my second batch of anything and i decided to try out a pyment, which ended up if i'm to understand correctly is a hippocras (since lavender is included, that makes it a hippocras right?, if not is it still a pyment?)
i'm new to the mead terminology
here's the recipe i concocted:
\\1 gallon
64oz welch's 100% white grape
1 12oz can welch's concord concentrate
2lbs michigan wildflower honey
1.5 cups sugar
1 lemon squeezed/strained
40 or so oz of water
lavender steeped in some of that water, the rest used to boil sugar/honey
half packet lalvin 71B-1122, rehydrated and proofed with a little of both grape juices.
og = 1.130
sanitizer = one step
airlock = s type
all was mixed well and aerated by dumping from gallon jug to half gallon juice container a few times.
not sure how much room i should have left for krausen, its fairly full so that might also be the reason for the next question
it started fermenting the next day quite vigorously and ended up filling the s lock with the fermenting liquid, was i wrong to use this type of airlock? I was guessing so, but it was the only one on hand (should i go get another 3 piece?). I've cleaned it out twice now over the period of 2 days and am guessing i'll have to do it again..
another factor could have been temprature shift? it was a bit hotter yesterday by about 10 degrees, so could that have made it ferment a little more rabidly?
i'm new to the mead terminology
here's the recipe i concocted:
\\1 gallon
64oz welch's 100% white grape
1 12oz can welch's concord concentrate
2lbs michigan wildflower honey
1.5 cups sugar
1 lemon squeezed/strained
40 or so oz of water
lavender steeped in some of that water, the rest used to boil sugar/honey
half packet lalvin 71B-1122, rehydrated and proofed with a little of both grape juices.
og = 1.130
sanitizer = one step
airlock = s type
all was mixed well and aerated by dumping from gallon jug to half gallon juice container a few times.
not sure how much room i should have left for krausen, its fairly full so that might also be the reason for the next question
it started fermenting the next day quite vigorously and ended up filling the s lock with the fermenting liquid, was i wrong to use this type of airlock? I was guessing so, but it was the only one on hand (should i go get another 3 piece?). I've cleaned it out twice now over the period of 2 days and am guessing i'll have to do it again..
another factor could have been temprature shift? it was a bit hotter yesterday by about 10 degrees, so could that have made it ferment a little more rabidly?