brewbush
Well-Known Member
So I have been following morebeers mead instructions. I used 15# orange blossom honey into 5 gallons.
Started at 1.110 and used 71b yeast. I used 4 campden tablets a few days ago and transferred and degassed today. It finished at 1.000.
It came out to 14.7 abv which seems high to me, I guess I was hoping the yeast would Peter out at a higher gravity. I have also read about adding sorbate at the wrong time can cause off flavors.
What would you recommend my next actions. My plan would be let it sit for a couple months. It is in a 3 gallon, 1 gallon, and 1/2 gallon carboys. Then rack them all back into a 5 gallon. Add extra kmeta then same day add the sorbate? Let sit for a week then backsweeten with sugar to try to cut down the alcohol?
What are your opinions?
Started at 1.110 and used 71b yeast. I used 4 campden tablets a few days ago and transferred and degassed today. It finished at 1.000.
It came out to 14.7 abv which seems high to me, I guess I was hoping the yeast would Peter out at a higher gravity. I have also read about adding sorbate at the wrong time can cause off flavors.
What would you recommend my next actions. My plan would be let it sit for a couple months. It is in a 3 gallon, 1 gallon, and 1/2 gallon carboys. Then rack them all back into a 5 gallon. Add extra kmeta then same day add the sorbate? Let sit for a week then backsweeten with sugar to try to cut down the alcohol?
What are your opinions?