Hi there, I am completely new to brewing. I found I recipe for mead online the other day and thought I would give it a try. The recipe was for a melomel.
Recipe
1.5 kg honey
3 litre bottled water
2 cups raspberries
1 orange
Wilko wine yeast
I made it the other day. The recipe says to just leave it for 6 weeks then bottle and drink. But on doing further reading this does not look like I good idea. The air lock was going like made about every second. I racked the fruit off and now the airlock is only going once every 40 seconds. I did not take a hydrometer reading at the start as I did not know I was meant to. I took a reading when I racked it and it's at 1.085
I was just wondering if it sounds as if I will turn out ok or have I messed it up?
Recipe
1.5 kg honey
3 litre bottled water
2 cups raspberries
1 orange
Wilko wine yeast
I made it the other day. The recipe says to just leave it for 6 weeks then bottle and drink. But on doing further reading this does not look like I good idea. The air lock was going like made about every second. I racked the fruit off and now the airlock is only going once every 40 seconds. I did not take a hydrometer reading at the start as I did not know I was meant to. I took a reading when I racked it and it's at 1.085
I was just wondering if it sounds as if I will turn out ok or have I messed it up?