Did you take a hydro reading at the start / now?
Will you add any more fermentables to it?
Sorry no advice, just questions
Ancient orange mead
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MickyD
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gareth90
Mickey....I tried to take a hydro reading at the start but the hydrometer popped up so high it would have fell on its side if it had the room.
Ive just got it into my head that the liquid is too gloopy and full of fermentables for the yeast to be able to cope and thought diluting it down would help......also gives twice as much to savour if it works
Gaz
Ive just got it into my head that the liquid is too gloopy and full of fermentables for the yeast to be able to cope and thought diluting it down would help......also gives twice as much to savour if it works
Gaz
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MickyD
Blimey sounds like you tried to ferment a big jar of pure honeygareth90 wrote: tried to take a hydro reading at the start but the hydrometer popped up so high it would have fell on its side if it had the room.
Do you think you will split it and thin it with water or apple juice or a thiner honey/water solution?
Might be interesting to do one with AJ and one with water or honey/water.
Let us know what you do and how it goes.
I really miss chemistry from school.
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gareth90
Sorry for the very late reply sounds like the yeast can't cope with the amount of sugar in the mead, it being killed by the alcohol. Try using high alcohol yeast or champagne yeast. Ideally you should try and start a wine around the SG1090 mark and little higher with mead. If you diluted it and split it it should work out ok.
Landy.
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gareth90
I have split it into 2 DJ's and added 1 litre of apple juice to one and topped them both up with cooled preboiled water and split a sachet of safale 04 between the 2.Both have started bubbling gently again so will leave to stop and think about bottling.
Landy813 I take it by your avatar you like your land rovers?
I have a off road prepped 90 to keep me busy when not brewing or fishing
Cheers!
Landy813 I take it by your avatar you like your land rovers?
I have a off road prepped 90 to keep me busy when not brewing or fishing
Cheers!
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jonnyv
My oranges finally dropped ( 
) yesterday and I've had a chance to get some out of the DJ...
I'm not man enough to drink a pint of it in one go
I used Sainsburys Honey blossom honey (I think) - OG was 1106
- think I over did it with the honey.
Stopped at 1014 which leaves a pleasant sweetness to it and very aromatic - also mightly strong.
Definitely worth doing - two months to the day that the oranges dropped and it's nice & clear. Will be bottling in beer bottles and chilling for as long as it lasts Even SWMBO commented it tasted 'alright' (which is as enthusiastic as she gets about my homebrew )
) yesterday and I've had a chance to get some out of the DJ...I'm not man enough to drink a pint of it in one go
I used Sainsburys Honey blossom honey (I think) - OG was 1106
- think I over did it with the honey.Stopped at 1014 which leaves a pleasant sweetness to it and very aromatic - also mightly strong.
Definitely worth doing - two months to the day that the oranges dropped and it's nice & clear. Will be bottling in beer bottles and chilling for as long as it lasts
Even SWMBO commented it tasted 'alright' (which is as enthusiastic as she gets about my homebrew )-
mrbenbod
Re: Ancient orange mead
I've just made up a batch.
I'm using an old 5l orange squash bottle.
Asda's smart price honey, half an apple instead of raisins (because I forgot to buy the little bleeders), and half an orange.
It looks remarkably similar to MickyD's picture, stagnant pond water comes to mind.
It started bubbling gas through the airlock after about 10 minutes!
I am genuinely excited.
I'm using an old 5l orange squash bottle.
Asda's smart price honey, half an apple instead of raisins (because I forgot to buy the little bleeders), and half an orange.
It looks remarkably similar to MickyD's picture, stagnant pond water comes to mind.
It started bubbling gas through the airlock after about 10 minutes!
I am genuinely excited.