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Dried elderberry mead

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Medsen Fey said:
Bernard, it is also good to keep in mind that oak in the primary leaves a lot less "oakiness" than oak in the secondary (or later). This is why they will sometimes use new oak barrels for a primary fermentation as its first use. In my experience 2-3 ounces in primary matches up to 1 ounce late in the process. YMMV.
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How long would you allow the oak to sit in the secondary? A week or two or longer?
 
My approach to oak is to go low and slow. I'll add half an ounce to a 5-gallon batch and leave it until I get around to rack it. That might be several weeks or even months. By doing it that way I rarely over-oak anything and it gets well integrated. It if isn't enough, I'll then add a bit more.
 
WVMJack said:
Did you add the color reagent phenolphthalein? Also you can dilute the sample with distilled water, the amount if dilution doesnt matter after you have measured your sample out because you are measuring the amount of acid in the sample. We use a white ceramic tile, put a dot in the middle, then after adding 0.5ml sample add another dot to the plate, add more NAOH, another drop, makes it easier to see the color change than just looking in the beaker. WVMJ
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yeah added the colour reagent and diliuted it with water but it didnt go grey like the instructions said. it went a different shade slightly (minute difference) but no change in colour.....it stayed red........think ill just hope for the best its fermenting ok
 
Did you put in more than 10 mls? If in doubt just add more NAOH, it better turn color or maybe your kit is old, when we do the test I go ahead and put any extra NAOH into the sample and it turns almost black, so if you cant get it to turn like black then something is very wrong. WVMJ
 
No I thought if it didn't change colour at 10ml then it wasn't going to change at all.
 
I followed your recipe and thought if it slightly different it's still should change by 10ml..... Or not?
 
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