MedievalWays
Member
Howdy folks,
I am fairly new to the mead community. I have thus far completed one 2 gallon batch and one 5 gallon batch of mead and am currently brewing 2 more 5 gallon batches of mead.
One of my new batches appears to be stuck during primary fermentation in my bucket. So here is some background information. It is a recipe that I modified from "Cherry Berry Mead by SD-SLIM".
Starting volume: 6.5 gallons
OG: 1.124 (before adding fruit)
Yeast: Lalvin 71B-1122 (10g, 2 packets)
Energizer: 2.5 tsp
Nutrient: 0.5 tsp
Ingredients:
10 lbs strawberries
2 lbs cherries
1 quart white grape juice
1 quart cherry juice
12 lbs desert honey
I took my OG reading before adding the cherries and strawberries (in a mesh bag) to the must. At about day 3 we had an overflow through the airlock hole in the fermenter lid. I assume there was not enough head space for the bubbles that were created in the fermenter and it overflowed. After the event, the airlock was still rapidly bubbling away until today when the airlock completely stopped with activity. I checked to see if the airlock was blocked and it is not.
Is my mead stuck? What else could this be? How should I proceed?
Thank you
I am fairly new to the mead community. I have thus far completed one 2 gallon batch and one 5 gallon batch of mead and am currently brewing 2 more 5 gallon batches of mead.
One of my new batches appears to be stuck during primary fermentation in my bucket. So here is some background information. It is a recipe that I modified from "Cherry Berry Mead by SD-SLIM".
Starting volume: 6.5 gallons
OG: 1.124 (before adding fruit)
Yeast: Lalvin 71B-1122 (10g, 2 packets)
Energizer: 2.5 tsp
Nutrient: 0.5 tsp
Ingredients:
10 lbs strawberries
2 lbs cherries
1 quart white grape juice
1 quart cherry juice
12 lbs desert honey
I took my OG reading before adding the cherries and strawberries (in a mesh bag) to the must. At about day 3 we had an overflow through the airlock hole in the fermenter lid. I assume there was not enough head space for the bubbles that were created in the fermenter and it overflowed. After the event, the airlock was still rapidly bubbling away until today when the airlock completely stopped with activity. I checked to see if the airlock was blocked and it is not.
Is my mead stuck? What else could this be? How should I proceed?
Thank you