Hi all,
New mead maker and new to the forum.
Made my first mead a couple months ago, Joe's Ancient Orange Mead. (I suspect thats where many people start?) It turned out awesome so about 10 days ago I set out to make two more 1 gal batches of it. Planning to start some other flavors/recipes very soon, but I know I like JAOM so what the heck, right?
Anyway, this time when I made the two gallons of JAOM I followed the recipe, EXCEPT that I used Lalvin ICV-D47 yeast instead of bread yeast, and I used 1/2 of an orange and 1/2 of a lemon in each one gal batch, instead of 1 whole orange per gal. Fermentation started within 4-8 hours, but seemed sluggish, not the vigorous bubbling I remembered from the first go round. It's slowed down every day since, and now at about 10 days into it, bubbling is almost non-existent.
What the heck is going on?
I don't have a hydrometer yet, so I'm sorry that I can't give you much more info.
New mead maker and new to the forum.
Made my first mead a couple months ago, Joe's Ancient Orange Mead. (I suspect thats where many people start?) It turned out awesome so about 10 days ago I set out to make two more 1 gal batches of it. Planning to start some other flavors/recipes very soon, but I know I like JAOM so what the heck, right?
Anyway, this time when I made the two gallons of JAOM I followed the recipe, EXCEPT that I used Lalvin ICV-D47 yeast instead of bread yeast, and I used 1/2 of an orange and 1/2 of a lemon in each one gal batch, instead of 1 whole orange per gal. Fermentation started within 4-8 hours, but seemed sluggish, not the vigorous bubbling I remembered from the first go round. It's slowed down every day since, and now at about 10 days into it, bubbling is almost non-existent.
What the heck is going on?
I don't have a hydrometer yet, so I'm sorry that I can't give you much more info.