tcapmidnoces
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Already off to an eventful start on my first attempt at brewing! (Unless you count the fresh pressed cider I left in my closet for a few weeks 
)
So, here we start with some mead! But, can you see what's wrong in the picture already?
I'd say two things right away.
One: The airlock is not inserted fully! These tend to have the "X" on the bottom, so unless fully inserted airflow is a bit constricted.
And Two: The carboy is way too full! I didn't pay much attention when I was putting in my honey. Then when I went to add water I found out that I need to add *more* water to reach a higher specific gravity...woops
Rather than being smart and cut my losses by either pouring some out, maybe to a smaller container for fermentation even, I decided to pour water in until I hit a the "good enough" / "I can't put more water in zone" (gave a reading of 1.05). Add some fruit for flavor and pitch the yeast with some nutrients, good enough!
...or so I thought :smack:
Well, not that it was entirely surprising with all the things I did wrong up to this point!
A trip to the hardware store and now I've got a simple overflow setup that I hope will help prevent any further mishaps
I built it with a somewhat melted airlock (guess I shouldn't have cleaned it with boiling water after all!) and some 3/8" ID tubing.
With any luck this will continue to behave and I'll have something to rack later this summer.
)So, here we start with some mead! But, can you see what's wrong in the picture already?
I'd say two things right away.
One: The airlock is not inserted fully! These tend to have the "X" on the bottom, so unless fully inserted airflow is a bit constricted.
And Two: The carboy is way too full! I didn't pay much attention when I was putting in my honey. Then when I went to add water I found out that I need to add *more* water to reach a higher specific gravity...woops
Rather than being smart and cut my losses by either pouring some out, maybe to a smaller container for fermentation even, I decided to pour water in until I hit a the "good enough" / "I can't put more water in zone" (gave a reading of 1.05). Add some fruit for flavor and pitch the yeast with some nutrients, good enough!
...or so I thought :smack:
Well, not that it was entirely surprising with all the things I did wrong up to this point!
A trip to the hardware store and now I've got a simple overflow setup that I hope will help prevent any further mishaps
I built it with a somewhat melted airlock (guess I shouldn't have cleaned it with boiling water after all!) and some 3/8" ID tubing.
With any luck this will continue to behave and I'll have something to rack later this summer.
