Okay, so we are making a hopped mead. Only our second batch of mead and our first using a hydrometer.
We put 15 lbs of honey in 25 litres of water, then activated and added Nottingham yeast. We let it ferment a week and then reracked. We added cascade hops, 1/4 oz boiled in 1 cup of water and 1/4 oz unboiled hops, all in a cheesecloth bag.
We let it ferment another week and reracked again.
Here is my question. Our initial hydrometer reading was 1.052, the second was 1.091, and the third was 1.061.
I thought the readings would progress linearly, but these raised, then regressed.
What's up with that?
We put 15 lbs of honey in 25 litres of water, then activated and added Nottingham yeast. We let it ferment a week and then reracked. We added cascade hops, 1/4 oz boiled in 1 cup of water and 1/4 oz unboiled hops, all in a cheesecloth bag.
We let it ferment another week and reracked again.
Here is my question. Our initial hydrometer reading was 1.052, the second was 1.091, and the third was 1.061.
I thought the readings would progress linearly, but these raised, then regressed.
What's up with that?