Ok so I have been traveling abroad, and some carrefours outside the US have honey stands. So I've got 1 gallon batches of Yemeni Sumar, Yemeni Sidr, and Kyrgyzstani White Mountain honeys going.
I added 1/2 tsp of DAP and Wyeast Yeast Nutrient to each, and split a sachet of lalvin k1v-1116 between the three of them.
All these meads clocked in between 1.122-1.125, which is a little higher than I was shooting for, so hopefully I didn't underpitch too heavily. I used 3.3 lbs honey/gal. I mixed it by warming the honey and water to between 90-100 degrees, just enough to get it to dissolve the additives and honey.
So what should I do for degassing these babies?
What sort of things can I do to avoid killing the yeast, considering how high the starting gravity was for these? I'm looking at a staggered nutrient/degas schedule so far
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I added 1/2 tsp of DAP and Wyeast Yeast Nutrient to each, and split a sachet of lalvin k1v-1116 between the three of them.
All these meads clocked in between 1.122-1.125, which is a little higher than I was shooting for, so hopefully I didn't underpitch too heavily. I used 3.3 lbs honey/gal. I mixed it by warming the honey and water to between 90-100 degrees, just enough to get it to dissolve the additives and honey.
So what should I do for degassing these babies?
What sort of things can I do to avoid killing the yeast, considering how high the starting gravity was for these? I'm looking at a staggered nutrient/degas schedule so far
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