Hi,
I'm very new to brewing and I have started with mead. The recipes and advice I followed didn't mention anything about measuring the starting gravity?
I am trying to make a gorse mead, started it about 6 weeks ago. It was only in the primary for 4 days as that was what was suggested. I stirred each day and it was very nice and bubbly. When I transferred it to the 5L demijohn however it only reached the shoulder of the bottle. It has been in there for about 4 weeks and there has been no movement in the airlock. Today I decided to test the %, and it is sitting at about 3% midway on the beer measure. There were little bubbles on the surface but I think that the big air gap may have slowed (or stopped?) the fermentation? I tested it today because it has cleared quite nicely.
I have been reading into fixes because I really don't think this is right. Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I make a new mini batch of honey water and yeast as a starter or should I try topping it off? (I've read that this will dilute the solution and the alcohol content). Any help would be much appreciated!
I'm very new to brewing and I have started with mead. The recipes and advice I followed didn't mention anything about measuring the starting gravity?
I am trying to make a gorse mead, started it about 6 weeks ago. It was only in the primary for 4 days as that was what was suggested. I stirred each day and it was very nice and bubbly. When I transferred it to the 5L demijohn however it only reached the shoulder of the bottle. It has been in there for about 4 weeks and there has been no movement in the airlock. Today I decided to test the %, and it is sitting at about 3% midway on the beer measure. There were little bubbles on the surface but I think that the big air gap may have slowed (or stopped?) the fermentation? I tested it today because it has cleared quite nicely.
I have been reading into fixes because I really don't think this is right. Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I make a new mini batch of honey water and yeast as a starter or should I try topping it off? (I've read that this will dilute the solution and the alcohol content). Any help would be much appreciated!