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Help, my mead is going crazy!!!

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Stasis said:
Ok.. So mead would need at least 200ppm YAN (Or RAN). To make this easier to compare to the data supplied by Enartis this would be 200mg per liter RAN (I have taken the middle road between the values for nitrogen). "Research has shown that the RAN content to ensure reliable fermentation is 150 mg/L, while 250 mg/L is the level needed to ensure good quality wine" (taken from Enartis' own leaflet here: http://www.browamator.pl/zdjecia/9/3/8/2908_Enartis_Supervit.pdf)
Now Enartis have very conveniently told us exactly ow much of this is in their stuff, "10 g/hL of SUPERVIT supplies 20 mg/L of RAN"
Let's say you go for the minimum 150mg/l and hope that the honey boosts this figure a bit up and that the slightly lower alcohol level of your mead would not have great requirements. This would mean you need ((Total RAN required) / (mg per l of current formula)) * (g per hectoliter to supply this amount) = (150/20 * 10) = 75g.
From my calculations you would need 75g - 100g of Supervit in your batch of mead to reliably ferment. This leaves out factors such as the specific nutrient requirement of the yeast. Some need more, some maybe less. Some people split this with DAP to push down this number but that's another discussion.
Having said all this, now that fermentation has stopped for whatever reason, supplying the extra nutrients now could be pointless or even detrimental as your yeast may not use these nutrients at this point and they could end up serving only as food for spoilage bacteria.
Now if your mead tastes good and the Final Gravity is low (FG = SG after fermentation. = your remaining sugar in mead after fermentation) then perhaps you have avoided the worst of the consequences from supplying a low amount of nutrients (low nutrients result in sluggish and stuck fermentations and the possibility of off flavors in the end product). OG, FG, SG are all realized through the same type of reading through a hydrometer.
I hope some more senior members could chime in and walk you through the following delicate process.
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Thank you very much for your answer, it helped me.
 
another challenge. :)

How can I take the bitter taste from mead? It comes (most likely) from the lemon peel. :|

The best method is the one with activated carbon filters?
 
A positively charged fining agent can sometimes reduce bitter elements, but time is the most effective treatment.

Rushing a mead to meet a deadline will often produce an inferior mead that doesn't reflect well on the mead crafter.


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Medsen Fey said:
A positively charged fining agent can sometimes reduce bitter elements, but time is the most effective treatment.

Rushing a mead to meet a deadline will often produce an inferior mead that doesn't reflect well on the mead crafter.


Sent from my THINGAMAJIG with WHATCHAMACALLIT
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I understand. My mead has now 3 months. I hope it will diminish the bitter taste. But I am so tempted to use Carbon Filter... Hmm...

I know it's not good to offer a mead wich is not mature enough. This will be a lesson for me.

Do you want to recommend a performant glucometre/hydrometer? How can I measure the PH?

Thanks for all the support of Got Mead community! You are the best.

Cheers!
 
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