Started Traditional Mead

Started a 5 gallon batch of mead using 10lbs of Sams Clover honey, 3 tablespoons yeast nutrient, 1 tablespoon acid blend, D-47 yeast, and 1lb of raisins. 


Brought water to boil turned off heat and added honey. 
Put back on heat to skim skum but hardly any skum to skim. 
When cool added hydrated yeast. 
Added raisins simply to hold with traditional recipes and possibly add some body and nutrients.

November 27, 2010 01:15:40

Mead fermentation had really slowed so I decided to rack to secondary and top up to prevent any oxidation. Also placed mead carboy in basement to keep dark and cool. February 12, 2011 10:03:35 Mead was still working slow but has a gravity of 1.000 Sorbated and sulfited Mead for the first time to enable adding honey for character building before bottling.