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Hi guys, made my first batch of mead following Ken Schramm´s recipe for a first batch (compleat meadmaker). Since I can´t get nutrients in my country (Argentina) I replaced them with raisins and I used wild flower honey instead of orange blossom.

Primary fermentation went great, and after two weeks I racked to a 20 L (5 US gallons) glass carboy.

at this point I have a couple of concerns. 1) OG was 1091, when I racked it had a SG of 1018, which is a bit higher than I expected. 2) After racking fermentation didn´t resume (or at least the airlock isn´t bubbling). It´s been less than 24 hours, but I don´t know if I should wait a bit more or be concerned. 3) a couple of raisins got transfered to the carboy... is this a problem? and 4) there are some white bubbles on the surface of the mead... I read that it could be the yeast resuming its work, but I can´t really tell if it´s that or an infection.

The yeast I used was Lalvin 71b-1122.

Thank you very much for any help and greetings.
 

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Raisins are a very poor nutrient source. You would have been better of to boil water and add bread yeast to use as a nutrient supplement.

Also it is never a good idea to rack whrn a fermentation is active. Generally it is recommended to complete fermentation and keep stirring the mixture daily for a week or two before racking.

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White bubbles are likely just some wax that was in the honey. Wouldn't worry about that unless it starts to grow.

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Farmboyc said:
Raisins are a very poor nutrient source. You would have been better of to boil water and add bread yeast to use as a nutrient supplement.

Also it is never a good idea to rack whrn a fermentation is active. Generally it is recommended to complete fermentation and keep stirring the mixture daily for a week or two before racking.

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Thank you very much for your reply. I´ll keep that in mind for future batches.
 
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