Mead Stop Motion Animation

This video is compiled from a series of daily pictures over a 90 day period. It shows the development of two batches of mead. The two carboys have identical recipes with the exception of the Honey. This is so I could a real good feel for how honey affects the look and taste of mead. I use wildflower in one and clover in the other. Sorry about the jumpiness of the video but it still is pretty cool if you are a mead fanatic.

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[jamesbondaygee]

didn't look very clear in the end.

[epicfantasy]

@jamesbondaygee Great point. I only did it for a month just so we could see the change. I really couldn't keep it going!! The batch ended up clearing magnificently!

[lockon]

I have two 1 gal. jugs of traditional clover mead with no signs of fermentation after I just racked it the second time. Its Dry but you can taste the sugar. I don't guess my One-Step killed it? (I didn't let it air dry I just poured it out).

I didn't do the OG on this one as it was my first. I have calcium carbonated it twice. It was pH 3.2 nine days ago. Its 18 days old since I pitched the yeast. Do I just let it clarify more?

[epicfantasy]

@lockon It should still be fermenting/clarifying at a slower rate. I would just watch it. I don't think there was enough onestep to have any effect. It might justneed a little time after the racking has stirred everything up.monitor and let me know how it goes

[690169003]

at what point should the airlock stop bubbling? My mead is no longer bubbling at one month. Should I be worried? The Specific gravity is low however. Like 1.010 or something

[epicfantasy]

The progress of your mead sounds about right. The airlock should be pretty still at one month. You should rack it into a new sanitized container to get it off all the sediment. And let it continue to ferment for another month.

[stopmotionheaven]

Thats a time lapse not a stopmotion!

[lockon]

@epicfantasy

It started minute bubbling again. It tastes ok, sort of like Bea's which is a horrible mead. Maybe it needs aging. I'm much more pleased with my cherry/blackberry melomel I just racked into the secondary. I have a 3 gallon Med-sweet orange-blossom batch still in primary so I'm hoping that turns out better as well.

[Yahairo]

this is awesome... my friends and i just made some for the fist time... only 6 months for mead, yaay!

[690169003]

All right I'll get it racked. Thanks Will.