Hey guys,
Over the past 2 years, I've made several batches of cider and applejack that turned out great! So I decided to try my hand at mead. Everything started pretty good, but after about 3 days, fermentation pretty much stopped. It's been over a week and I do get the occasional bubble from the lock, but pretty much nothing. The one thing I noticed it that with the cider, there was always that bubbly 1/2" yeast scum at the top, with the mead, almost nothing. Was my mead yeast mostly dead? I've heard that yeast can stall and it actually happened to me once with my cider, but it didn't last a week like with my mead.
Any advice??
Thanks all!
Over the past 2 years, I've made several batches of cider and applejack that turned out great! So I decided to try my hand at mead. Everything started pretty good, but after about 3 days, fermentation pretty much stopped. It's been over a week and I do get the occasional bubble from the lock, but pretty much nothing. The one thing I noticed it that with the cider, there was always that bubbly 1/2" yeast scum at the top, with the mead, almost nothing. Was my mead yeast mostly dead? I've heard that yeast can stall and it actually happened to me once with my cider, but it didn't last a week like with my mead.
Any advice??
Thanks all!