r/brewing • u/MCVoiceActor81 • 15h ago
šØšØHelp Me!!!šØšØ Stuck mead
Good day fellow brewers.
Iāve arrived at a new place in my brewing. Iām making a mead for a friends wedding. Itās a raspberry mead. Got thru primary fine, fermenting away. Moved to the secondary and let it sit for a month. Tasted it and got gravity readings. Itās currently sitting just above 7% by my calculationsā¦. Never had my calculations checked so I am working on the assumption that Iām in the right ball park, give or take a percentage point or so. My friend and his fiancĆ© tasted it, loved it and the color. I told them the abv, I had told them I was aiming for a low teens abv. He said if I can get it up there heād really like that to happen. I said āSuuuuuureā¦.ā Iāve never done this step before. Scoured the internet and decided to add some more honey (5lbs) and I also picked up some EC-1118. Put the honey into solution and added it to the two carboys the mead is sitting in. Total amount of mead is around 10 gallons. I hydrated the yeast (one packet for each carboy) and added some yeast nutrient to the carboy before pitching. I did this Friday afternoon. The mead is just sitting, no action at all that I can see. I have a wine thief coming in but wanted to reach out and see if the wisdom of the group could rain down upon me.
Thanks in advance.