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u/Im_WinstonWolfe

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▲ 9 r/mead

There's a stall in our midst!

Built this yesterday, and the recipe is as follows:

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Cleaned and sanitized all equipment

10lb wildflower honey (small amount of crystallization)

The juice from 15lb frozen mashed blueberries

5lb maple syrup

4tsp Fermaid O

1 packet EC-1118 (not expired, refrigerated)

Filled the rest up with water in the 6 gallon carboy

Yeast hydrated at 96°F for 15 mins prior to pitch

OG 1.102

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Theres been no action in my airlock, granted I may have filled it up a little high, there does not appear to be any pressure building.

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Where have I gone wrong?

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u/Im_WinstonWolfe — 4 months ago
▲ 126 r/ems

BGL of 147.6 in a 6 year old (Guinness World Record link in comments)

u/Im_WinstonWolfe — 5 months ago
▲ 22 r/mead

This is day 6 and I've seen the airlock have enough pressure for a single bubble.

I've given this a shake every day. Photo 1 is a couple hours after shaking it on the night of day 5. Photo 2 is the morning of day 6.

Also, I don't recall there being this much lease buildup so quickly in the batch I made of this previously.

I'm having the thought of adding a packet of yeast via a small amount of warmish water and an ounce of honey to kick off a yeast colony before dumping it in.

Thoughts? Ideas? Concerns?

u/Im_WinstonWolfe — 5 months ago