mead-batch-1

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Mead batch 1

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Materials & Notes

First try, using included materials with mead making kit.

• 1 gallon carboy
• D-47 yeast
  • Added to must directly as directed by kit, contrary to technical information from the yeast vendor. Perhaps this is okay since our must is entirely liquid.
  • shook into the must to get it off the walls, we should be more careful next time and allow it to sit on the foam?
• Brita filtered tap-water
• 1Kg BeeMaid pasteurized honey, unmeasured - trusted bottle.

Retrospective summary

• More carefully add yeast, perhaps with a secondary dry-material funnel.
• Air-lock must be filled with sanitization fluid or a strong liquor, not water.

Day 1 - 2023-11-19

• 22C at the start
• airlock puked

Day 2 - 2023-11-20

• Yeast looks lively, some darker brown mass on foam, we can fill below the 1gallon line next time - it's not a problem during primary fermentation.
• Degassed and fed, looking quite healthy and with no darker brown mass. Sprayed on ceiling as warned...
• Tasted the foam, tasted like slightly strange honey.
• Refilled air-lock with sanitizer.

Day 5 - 2023-11-21

• Feeding day.
• Degassing was easier, no eruptions of any sort
• Placed in closet for continued primary fermentation & bulk aging.

Day 5 - 2023-11-27

• Clarifying slowly, not much gas anymore

Day 23 - 2023-12-12

• Bottling day.
• Produced bottles: 7
  • immediately broke the first bottle, no label.
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