Kauai_Kahuna
Well-Known Member
In the spirit of go big or stay home I tried another epic mead, the first in many years due to time limitations, but I get inspired here.
On 200811122 I started up a OG batch coming in at around 1.123, added nutrients, and a handful of blended raisins and pitched some Pasteur Champagne.
So three days later I gently rocked the bucket and got a very satisfying stream of bubbles. OK so far.
Today, three days later I decide to do a little feeding and caring. Sanitized, took out a sample and it clocked in at 1.100, heated up to a boil, threw in the 1 tsp nutrient and 1 tsp energizer. Cooled, pitched back in.
Thought everything was great until my sub-consensus started messing with me, I went back and realized that what I thought was energizer, was really Potassium Sorbate, DAM....
So, I'm just going to chill for the next week, take a measurement and see if I just really screwed up. I am hoping that because the input was only 1 tsp the yeast will not be killed off.
My question for the esteemed mead makers here, what steps should I take if it does stall?
On 200811122 I started up a OG batch coming in at around 1.123, added nutrients, and a handful of blended raisins and pitched some Pasteur Champagne.
So three days later I gently rocked the bucket and got a very satisfying stream of bubbles. OK so far.
Today, three days later I decide to do a little feeding and caring. Sanitized, took out a sample and it clocked in at 1.100, heated up to a boil, threw in the 1 tsp nutrient and 1 tsp energizer. Cooled, pitched back in.
Thought everything was great until my sub-consensus started messing with me, I went back and realized that what I thought was energizer, was really Potassium Sorbate, DAM....
So, I'm just going to chill for the next week, take a measurement and see if I just really screwed up. I am hoping that because the input was only 1 tsp the yeast will not be killed off.
My question for the esteemed mead makers here, what steps should I take if it does stall?