BrewMonkster
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I had a friend give me five pounds of honey, so I thought that I would give the art of mead making a try. I didn't really use any recipe really, just winged it. Anyways, I used 5 pounds of honey, mixed it with 1 1/2 gallons spring water, 12 oz of raspberries, some strong black tea(can't remember how much). Stirred all that together for about 5-10 minutes. Pitched the yeast, didn't rehydrate it. I made this on Sunday, I still don't have any air lock activity. I've been stirring it everyday about three times a day but still nothing. It has a layer of foam but nothing going on in the air lock. I used Lavin D47 yeast. Starting gravity was 1.100. I've been looking all over the Internet to answer my own question with no luck!! So, I've turned to HBT. I've been helped so much with my beer brewing here, that hopefully the mead makers will help this NOOB out!!!! Thanks in advance to any & all help!!!