HELP!! with mead

[sailman]

Ok on 5-28-06 we started our first mead. The OG was 1.112. Well after many months of problems I've got the FG to 1.030. I would like to get it lower, what can I try next. On 6-30 I pitched yeast made with a starter (Wyeast 3184) and on 8-28 I pitched a yeast starter (champagne yeast)
OG 5-28 1.112
6-11 1.082
6-28 1.072
8-27 1.074
9-30 1.030

 

[homebrewer_99]

You're about as low as you can get with the yeast you've used...assuming your attentuation was 74% (74% of 113 is 30) - see packet/package for attentuation.

 

[sailman]

Ok 11 ABV is not too bad. So now should I bottle or leave it in a secondary?

 

[homebrewer_99]

Depends...you never mentioned if it is straight mead or had fruit added.

At this point, bottling really depends on the degree of clarity you are trying to attain (clear enough for your the style/your taste?).

 

[sailman]

Sorry straight mead. 15 lb. clover honey

 

[Cregar]

how do you find the attentuation of the yeast your using? I have checked on the comapnys website but it doesn't list it. I used Lalvin EC-1118 Champagne Yeast

 

[homebrewer_99]

how do you find the attentuation of the yeast your using? I have checked on the comapnys website but it doesn't list it. I used Lalvin EC-1118 Champagne Yeast

Most of the time it is listed on the package, but...dagnamit! Honey is 100% fermentable!

 

[skou]

There was a guy that came in to my local HBS, about 2 hours after Creger did, last Saturday. (I work there.) This guy is an OLD friend of the owner, and he is also a long-time meadmaker. So, I picked his brain for a while, as well as sampling a 7 year old bottle he brought.

He said, after primary fermentation is finished, he racks to a secondary carboy, and stuffs the carboy in his closet for a few years. All he does, is check the airlock every month or so.

Let it go, forget about it, but check the bubbler a few times a year. (And, have a Homebrew!)

steve

 

[sailman]

He said, after primary fermentation is finished, he racks to a secondary carboy, and stuffs the carboy in his closet for a few years. All he does, is check the airlock every month or so.
steve

I'm going to do this to today before I start my Hefe

 

[homebrewer_99]

Most of my meads go down to 0.998...dry...

 

[sailman]

I,m going to rack it and wait and see what it does, I was not looking to get into it untill next May or June.

 

[Cregar]

Mines still bubbling away at 6 to 7 bubbles a minute, I'm goin gto wait another week and check it again. I think as soon as it gets to a bubble every 30 seconds, then I'll rack.