rockittear
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I have three separate one gallon batches of mead fermenting and thought one stalled. I stagger the nutrients and add more every few days instead of every 24 hours. I just added some today, but I took gravity readings and now I’m realizing it’s day 14 and they might’ve all just reached their alcohol tolerance.
I’m really not sure since my first and only previous batch was 5 gallons but I miscalculated and added more honey making it 6 gallons and let it sit for months, so I knew for a fact fermentation continued after the last nutrients I added.
The one I thought was stalled went from 1.18 to 1.04 making it 18%. I used Lalvin K1-V1116 so that’s where it should’ve stopped, but the ferment was very noticeably less active and ended sooner than the two other batches. Those had lower starting gravities, so I would expect them to be less active. Or if it stalled like I had thought, or just went slower because of too high of a starting gravity, I’d expect it to finish later than the other two and not sooner.
Any comments or advice on the matter in general? But also, will adding yeast nutrient after fermentation ends have any negative effects? Is a low-vigor, 14 day ferment something you can expect using K1-V1116 with a 1.18 starting gravity?
Also the mead is made up of water, honey, black cherry juice, and blackberry preserves. I didn’t do any precise measurements but knew what gravity I was shooting for. They came out to 1.18, 1.14, and 1.12. I also split the nutrients from a 5 gallon kit for these 3 one gallon batches, so they did get more nutrient than necessary but nothing excessive.
I’m really not sure since my first and only previous batch was 5 gallons but I miscalculated and added more honey making it 6 gallons and let it sit for months, so I knew for a fact fermentation continued after the last nutrients I added.
The one I thought was stalled went from 1.18 to 1.04 making it 18%. I used Lalvin K1-V1116 so that’s where it should’ve stopped, but the ferment was very noticeably less active and ended sooner than the two other batches. Those had lower starting gravities, so I would expect them to be less active. Or if it stalled like I had thought, or just went slower because of too high of a starting gravity, I’d expect it to finish later than the other two and not sooner.
Any comments or advice on the matter in general? But also, will adding yeast nutrient after fermentation ends have any negative effects? Is a low-vigor, 14 day ferment something you can expect using K1-V1116 with a 1.18 starting gravity?
Also the mead is made up of water, honey, black cherry juice, and blackberry preserves. I didn’t do any precise measurements but knew what gravity I was shooting for. They came out to 1.18, 1.14, and 1.12. I also split the nutrients from a 5 gallon kit for these 3 one gallon batches, so they did get more nutrient than necessary but nothing excessive.