Hey HBT,
I brew my first batch of mead on saint pattys day (3-17-13) it is just a standard orange blossem traditional mead 13 lbs of honey to 5 gallons of water yeilding close to 6 gallons now after rack (probably less after bottling)
It's fermented with Lavlin D47 - SG was 1.082, checked gravity (6-17-13) and i'm sitting at .998, (tastes great btw: not hot) I added the proper nurtiants and degassed upto the 1/3 sugar break during fermentation, i saw no activity in the carboy UNTIL i hit it with bentonite on 6-17-13. now if i shine a flashlight throught the carboy i see just a couple of tiny bubbles rising from beneath the bentonite. I'm guess it is just trapped C02, i figured it would have stopped by now but it hasn't. I would like to bottle but i dont want to mess up all this time and effort i have put into it. would you guess it is safe to bottle?
I brew my first batch of mead on saint pattys day (3-17-13) it is just a standard orange blossem traditional mead 13 lbs of honey to 5 gallons of water yeilding close to 6 gallons now after rack (probably less after bottling)
It's fermented with Lavlin D47 - SG was 1.082, checked gravity (6-17-13) and i'm sitting at .998, (tastes great btw: not hot) I added the proper nurtiants and degassed upto the 1/3 sugar break during fermentation, i saw no activity in the carboy UNTIL i hit it with bentonite on 6-17-13. now if i shine a flashlight throught the carboy i see just a couple of tiny bubbles rising from beneath the bentonite. I'm guess it is just trapped C02, i figured it would have stopped by now but it hasn't. I would like to bottle but i dont want to mess up all this time and effort i have put into it. would you guess it is safe to bottle?