JR59
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Hello,
I'm very new to brewing and fermenting things; I began just last month with mead, which I enjoy drinking and have wanted to make for ages. I received a mead making kit for Christmas, for an orange Melomel, (contents; demijon, yeast, steriliser etc.) and finally go around to making it on the 14th of April. I followed the instructions which came with the kit as carefully as I could, but about four days ago it seemed to 'stop' - it no longer bubbled into the bubbler. There seemed to be no activity at all when it had seemed quite happy bubbling along previously. I gave it a bit of time and watched it, but no bubbling occurred. I put this perhaps down to the sudden change of weather we had (from mild to quite a cold snap) - I was keeping the demijon in the pantry which is about kitchen temp but lost a bit of heat lately due to unseasonal weather) I wonder if the fermentation has stalled and, if so, if it is possible to re-start the fermentation process with adding a nother round of yeast, or if I should chuck it away and start the process all over again?
I was getting quite optimistic about mead and looking up what to try next and I'd love to make a small success of my mead making - I've already brought two more demijons.
Thank you kindly for any advice,
JR
I'm very new to brewing and fermenting things; I began just last month with mead, which I enjoy drinking and have wanted to make for ages. I received a mead making kit for Christmas, for an orange Melomel, (contents; demijon, yeast, steriliser etc.) and finally go around to making it on the 14th of April. I followed the instructions which came with the kit as carefully as I could, but about four days ago it seemed to 'stop' - it no longer bubbled into the bubbler. There seemed to be no activity at all when it had seemed quite happy bubbling along previously. I gave it a bit of time and watched it, but no bubbling occurred. I put this perhaps down to the sudden change of weather we had (from mild to quite a cold snap) - I was keeping the demijon in the pantry which is about kitchen temp but lost a bit of heat lately due to unseasonal weather) I wonder if the fermentation has stalled and, if so, if it is possible to re-start the fermentation process with adding a nother round of yeast, or if I should chuck it away and start the process all over again?
I was getting quite optimistic about mead and looking up what to try next and I'd love to make a small success of my mead making - I've already brought two more demijons.
Thank you kindly for any advice,
JR