My First Mead Pressure Fermentation

[msimpson99]

I have been fermenting mead for a several years and wanted to dip my toes into pressure fermentation.
I used a Fermzilla AllRounder because it seemed like a very inexpensive way to get into pressure fermentation.
I chose one of my basic recipes and went the full route with yeast energizer and nutrients. I have to say it was a great success. If went completely dry in 6 days and is now in secondary under pressure as well.

Here is my writeup:
Mead Pressure Fermentation — My Slovenian Hive

 

[CKuhns]

Grewt write up. Nicely done. Now you have me looking into it.

 

[msimpson99]

I have my next batch started. I will be doing a write-up on this one as well. It's made from a gallon of scrap honey I pulled out of my hive last year. Its will be my first raw honey fermentation. It is only strained through a double sieve, 18 mesh upper and 25 mesh lower. The only heat involved is setting my beehouse heat to 85F to make the honey flow better when doing the extraction. In one day it fermented 1/3 of the way. I did have some issues though, but was able to overcome them.

 

[msimpson99]

My first raw honey pressure fermentation is under way. It had a rock start, but now it's going gangbusters.
The full write-up can be found here:
Mead from Raw Honey — My Slovenian Hive

 

[JaggersBrewingCo]

That is pretty cool! I subscribed to your channel and look forward to that your doing!

 

[msimpson99]

I decided to take a quick test of the 1-month-old mead so I pulled off enough to carbonate in a PET bottle.


It is still slightly carbonated and tastes a little young. I will carbonate this one fully, but the mead needs at least another month.

 

[msimpson99]

I wanted to cold crash the mead, so I racked it into smaller containers to fit into my mini beer fridge.

 

[msimpson99]

At day 44 the mead is really starting to clear and tastes fantastic. The glass if from the same mead in the pressurized keg. I will probably just continue to decant and drink the 2 gallons in the keg, then carbonate and bottle the other three gallons for later consumption.


Sorry for the grainy picture, I will try and get some more light when I do the next update.