TRXnMe
Landlord.
Hi
I thought I'd give mead a go, from what I've read on here starting it in January is good for drinking it at Christmas, so I made up a batch :)
Lots of honey, Sainsbury's cheap stuff, some water, a few cloves, a little ginger and some juniper berries.
I had to dilute it down in order to get the hydrometer to sink in and acctually give me a reading, but still left it quite strong.
Anyway, I've now chucked in two lots of Young's Super Wine yeast and it's not shoing any signs of yeast growth on the surface, no sign of any other nasties growing, just no yeast growth.
I made the stuff Saturday the 12th and gave the fisr lot of yeast 48 hours to get going, then chucked in some more this time last week, it's still not got a kreuzen and the bubbler is bubble free
Anyone have any ideas as to what's gone wrong? I know honey is a natural antispetic, is it possible I've got it too strong for the yeast to grow in the honey solution?
I thought I'd give mead a go, from what I've read on here starting it in January is good for drinking it at Christmas, so I made up a batch :)
Lots of honey, Sainsbury's cheap stuff, some water, a few cloves, a little ginger and some juniper berries.
I had to dilute it down in order to get the hydrometer to sink in and acctually give me a reading, but still left it quite strong.
Anyway, I've now chucked in two lots of Young's Super Wine yeast and it's not shoing any signs of yeast growth on the surface, no sign of any other nasties growing, just no yeast growth.
I made the stuff Saturday the 12th and gave the fisr lot of yeast 48 hours to get going, then chucked in some more this time last week, it's still not got a kreuzen and the bubbler is bubble free
Anyone have any ideas as to what's gone wrong? I know honey is a natural antispetic, is it possible I've got it too strong for the yeast to grow in the honey solution?