My first mead ever. I racked it to the secondary sunday and it cleared over night. I didnt add anything to it. It simply cleared on its on. I used a pound of raw local honey and 2 cups of brown sugar with Champaign yeast EC1118. It fermented to 10% ABV. My question is after I racked it to the...
recipe
1 gallon apple juice (no preservatives)
1 cup light DME
16oz honey
1/4 teaspoon s04
SG 1.070
racked to secondary 14 days from start, and took gravity reading about 0.996 so its dry that is right at 10% ABV
GOD its HOT! Like almost Vodka HOT.
It smells Wonderful just like...
Recipe
1 gallon apple juice (no preservatives)
1 cup light DME golden malt.
16oz of Honey
1/4 tsp s04
Starting gravity 1.070
average temp is 68-70 degrees F
It peaked on about day 3 with steady bubbles from the airlock by day 7 about 1 bubble a minute. On day 14 you can still hear it fizzing...
interesting, im working on a 1 gallon batch of cider with 1 pound of honey and 1 cup DME melted in 1 cup of water.
about the same SG as you 1.070 Im also using S-04 The malt made it have a head like beer. I tried it before I pitched the yeast and it taste awesome! Its fermenting now....I...
Its probably going to taste sour using bread yeast like sour dough apple bread but from your picture it looks ok. Next time get a champaign yeast or brewers yeast Lavlin EC-1118 is only $0.94 on midwestbrew's sight
Bread yeast makes things taste to yeasty in my opinion.
Also you can get a...
I thought about this and might add the champaign yeast to the secondary.
I thought of something else. I didnt add table sugar or anything I added Honey and Malt. IF it ferments dry it will be 10% However it may not go dry because perhaps S-04 wont eat all the sugar in the Honey or Malt. If it...