KLAAYHAUS
Well-Known Member
I am working on my first batch of mead and wondered if you could give me some advice? I am in my third month of fermentation and have just hit the half-way point in my gravity drop. I must not have added enough yeast nutrient, or aerated my must enough when I pitched my yeast. I was also afraid to start with an open fermentation. Below is my recipe and gravity readings, and this is supposed to be a sweet mead since my wife doesn't like dry mead/wine.
1.) Should I add some Sweet Mead Yeast, and if so, do I aerate vigorously or do I risk oxidation at this point?
2.) Should I add some DAP and Fermaid K, and forget about the yeast energizer?
3.) Any other advice is greatly appreciated.
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11 lbs 9.9 oz Colorado Wildflower Honey
4 gallons of water
Gypsum
Irish moss
Wyeast Yeast Nutrient
Boiled at/up to 180 degrees for 15 minutes
Chilled to 75 degrees and pitched Wyeast Bohemian Lager Yeast at 4:30 p.m. on 4/18/10
Original Gravity: 1.092
4/20/10-airlock activity by 6 p.m.
4/30/10-racked to secondary at 1.064 during active fermentation
5/7/10- 1.060
5/21/10- 1.056
6/12/10- 1.048 racked again
1.) Should I add some Sweet Mead Yeast, and if so, do I aerate vigorously or do I risk oxidation at this point?
2.) Should I add some DAP and Fermaid K, and forget about the yeast energizer?
3.) Any other advice is greatly appreciated.
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11 lbs 9.9 oz Colorado Wildflower Honey
4 gallons of water
Gypsum
Irish moss
Wyeast Yeast Nutrient
Boiled at/up to 180 degrees for 15 minutes
Chilled to 75 degrees and pitched Wyeast Bohemian Lager Yeast at 4:30 p.m. on 4/18/10
Original Gravity: 1.092
4/20/10-airlock activity by 6 p.m.
4/30/10-racked to secondary at 1.064 during active fermentation
5/7/10- 1.060
5/21/10- 1.056
6/12/10- 1.048 racked again