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Hello all,
I started making mead yesterday and have some questions.
Recipe 5gal
15 gal wildflower honey (locally harvested last week)
2pk lalvin 72b yeast
Yeast nutrients 1 1/4 tsp
Yeast accelerant 2 1/2 tsp
Used warm filtered water about 115 degrees to stir my honey in added filtered water to the 5 gallon point. Started my yeast in 88 degrees water as stated on the back of the yeast packet and let sit
for 15 min. Added yeast nutrients and accelerates to the must. Added about 1Tbsp must to yeast after the 15 min and let set 5 min. (The yeast looked very happy) I took the SG and it was 1.106. The yeast temperature was 83 degrees and the must was 89 degrees so I pitched the yeast and closed the bucket with the air lock. Looked at it today 25hrs after pitch and seemed very active. I degassed and stirred the must. I took the SG again and it was 1.090. My plan was to add nutrients and accelerates at the 1/3 sugar break and the 2/3 sugar break. So probably tomorrow. So I did a lot of reading but just found this forum which seems much more active than others I researched on. I have a couple of questions.
1 did I get the nutrients and accelerates mixed up ?
2 did I add too much of each
Thank you for reading and hope to get some good feedback
I started making mead yesterday and have some questions.
Recipe 5gal
15 gal wildflower honey (locally harvested last week)
2pk lalvin 72b yeast
Yeast nutrients 1 1/4 tsp
Yeast accelerant 2 1/2 tsp
Used warm filtered water about 115 degrees to stir my honey in added filtered water to the 5 gallon point. Started my yeast in 88 degrees water as stated on the back of the yeast packet and let sit
for 15 min. Added yeast nutrients and accelerates to the must. Added about 1Tbsp must to yeast after the 15 min and let set 5 min. (The yeast looked very happy) I took the SG and it was 1.106. The yeast temperature was 83 degrees and the must was 89 degrees so I pitched the yeast and closed the bucket with the air lock. Looked at it today 25hrs after pitch and seemed very active. I degassed and stirred the must. I took the SG again and it was 1.090. My plan was to add nutrients and accelerates at the 1/3 sugar break and the 2/3 sugar break. So probably tomorrow. So I did a lot of reading but just found this forum which seems much more active than others I researched on. I have a couple of questions.
1 did I get the nutrients and accelerates mixed up ?
2 did I add too much of each
Thank you for reading and hope to get some good feedback