freaknumber3
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My mead is stuck. I've done this recipe a few times now with great success. This time however it stopped fermenting at 1.042. OG was 1.130. It's an orange mead. 1 gal. 3# honey. 1 can of juice concentrate (no preservatives, I've used it before with no issues), 2oz lactose, 2 oranges sliced up. Some potassium carbonate, ferm k, ferm o (staggered every other day for 3 doses), k1-v1116 yeast hydrated with some goferm. Usually it takes off like a bat out of hell till it is below 1.000. Generally takes about 7-10 days. This time however it stopped at 1.042. Started it on May 20. All was well. Racked it on Jun 1, removed oranges. Sg 1.050 at this point. Jun 3 sg 1.042. Jun 9 sg still at 1.042. Was starting a different mead and had bought a bunch of yeast from a going out of business sale which led me to using a smack pack of wyeast 1056 in it. Added a splash of the yeast to this one in hopes of restarting fermentation. Today Jun 12, still no activity.
It tastes good, very sweet from the unfermented sugars. How do I get this going again? Thoughts? Opinions? Advice? All welcome.....
It tastes good, very sweet from the unfermented sugars. How do I get this going again? Thoughts? Opinions? Advice? All welcome.....