mvdf84
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I know this is long, but any mead lovers out there may take interest, and your input would be appreciated.
So I just made my second batch of mead. The first mead fermented very well, so I kept the yeast, and pitched it into the plum mead I just made. After the first couple days there was no action, then on the third day I was actually woken up in the next room by the sound of the mead fermenting so hard it was overflowing. I took the cap off the airlock to give it some relief and it just started pouring foam! It looked like the volcano project with the baking soda and vinegar from when I was a kid. I know I didn't leave enough room in the carboy which is why that happened.
After it stopped overflowing I cleaned the airlock and refilled it. It was bubbling at a healthy pace for another day and then it just stopped dead. So within 4 days it went absolutely ape **** and then fizzled out. I can still see movement in the liquid but the airlock isn't moving anymore.
So when I made the mead I ended up with more than I could fit in my 5 gallon carboy. Partially due to displacement by 4 lbs of plums that I didn't account for. I have a couple small containers of regular old mead fermenting on the side. Each got a little squirt of yeast.
I'm thinking of moving it to a 6 gallon carboy, filtering out the plum pulp, and loading it with yeast hulls and nutrient... being sure to aerate the hell out of it during the transfer, and dump the additional containers into that carboy with it. Any thoughts?
So I just made my second batch of mead. The first mead fermented very well, so I kept the yeast, and pitched it into the plum mead I just made. After the first couple days there was no action, then on the third day I was actually woken up in the next room by the sound of the mead fermenting so hard it was overflowing. I took the cap off the airlock to give it some relief and it just started pouring foam! It looked like the volcano project with the baking soda and vinegar from when I was a kid. I know I didn't leave enough room in the carboy which is why that happened.
After it stopped overflowing I cleaned the airlock and refilled it. It was bubbling at a healthy pace for another day and then it just stopped dead. So within 4 days it went absolutely ape **** and then fizzled out. I can still see movement in the liquid but the airlock isn't moving anymore.
So when I made the mead I ended up with more than I could fit in my 5 gallon carboy. Partially due to displacement by 4 lbs of plums that I didn't account for. I have a couple small containers of regular old mead fermenting on the side. Each got a little squirt of yeast.
I'm thinking of moving it to a 6 gallon carboy, filtering out the plum pulp, and loading it with yeast hulls and nutrient... being sure to aerate the hell out of it during the transfer, and dump the additional containers into that carboy with it. Any thoughts?