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Experienced beer brewer new to mead-making, looking for tips

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Yeah, do NOT shake.

Pop your airlock off and either using a degassing whip, degassing drill bit or some sort of spoon or paddle to stir it up a bit. In the first few days I'd be careful not to stir too hard though, you might get a foam over
 
jflanigan244 said:
Yeah, do NOT shake.

Pop your airlock off and either using a degassing whip, degassing drill bit or some sort of spoon or paddle to stir it up a bit. In the first few days I'd be careful not to stir too hard though, you might get a foam over
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Whoops, a bit late for that one! Didn't shake up or down, just moved the carboy in a tight circle on a level surface, and I didn't get a foam-over. I'll go pick up a degassing whip today. Going back to my other question, though, how can do you tell when you've degassed enough?
 
Squatchy said:
The amount of action will decrees significantly.
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Okay, definitely didn't do it enough. Did see some marked action decrease, but definitely didn't subside. Also: I went ahead and read your thread on using aeration stones. I already have one from from my experiments trying to quickly force-carb beer so I'll just need to pick up a pump. In theory, the bubbles coming from the stone should provide agitation for degassing as well...

As a tip, though, don't try force carbing with an aeration stone. Bubbles can stack up and force through the lid of a corny keg.
 
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