My First Mead. *Pic* Question.

[carvindc125]

My first mead ever. I racked it to the secondary sunday and it cleared over night. I didnt add anything to it. It simply cleared on its on. I used a pound of raw local honey and 2 cups of brown sugar with Champaign yeast EC1118. It fermented to 10% ABV. My question is after I racked it to the secondary I noticed I have a bit of empty space. I dont have anything to fill in that space with. You cant see it in the pic but I have an airlock fitted on the top of the jug. Will this hurt the mead in anyway? Check out the pic below. It sure looks pretty if anything.

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

honey and water mixture equal to your current gravity. The honey will cloud it back up a bit, but it will drop clear again. Age it out and enjoy.

 

[Fletch78]

sterilized marbles

 

[Hello]

Is head space not okay when racking mead to secondary?

 

[Fletch78]

Is head space not okay when racking mead to secondary?

It is frowned upon, unless you used ingredients with antioxidant properties. In this case, with 1 pound of honey and 2 cups of brown sugar, well, there's really nothing to save it now.

 

[HDIr0n]

Why not package it? It is clear, depending on what you want for carbonation you could bottle/keg very soon. I am guessing you didn't purge the container with C02, that should help protect the mead.

 

[Descender]

Drink it.