I'm trying out my first mead this year. Got 10lbs of honey from Costco, and we picked about 6.5lbs or so of raspberries off the side of my house throughout the summer.
I tried to make sure I killed off all the wild yeast before pitching my sweet mead yeast by adding campden tablets 24 hours or so before I pitched...did that about a week ago. However after about a week as of yesterday I think I got hardly any fermentation going.
I know some will ask, but I couldn't get a good starting OG reading...which prompted me to get a refractometer.
I also decided to throw in a vial of 3711 in there as well since I know that is a monster attenuator. Per Revvy's suggestion/instruction I also did a new charge of DAP tonight, and a slight de-gassing for good measure.
I'm hoping that you guys can re-assure me that things will get going again, or offer any tips related to situations like this. My bucket is in my basement which is pretty warm right now, averaging around 78-80, which will obviously cool up here in MI come the end of this week.
I tried to make sure I killed off all the wild yeast before pitching my sweet mead yeast by adding campden tablets 24 hours or so before I pitched...did that about a week ago. However after about a week as of yesterday I think I got hardly any fermentation going.
I know some will ask, but I couldn't get a good starting OG reading...which prompted me to get a refractometer.
I also decided to throw in a vial of 3711 in there as well since I know that is a monster attenuator. Per Revvy's suggestion/instruction I also did a new charge of DAP tonight, and a slight de-gassing for good measure.
I'm hoping that you guys can re-assure me that things will get going again, or offer any tips related to situations like this. My bucket is in my basement which is pretty warm right now, averaging around 78-80, which will obviously cool up here in MI come the end of this week.