Hello fellow mead makers,
I have been monitoring my first brew and already from the odd ways it behaves, I know it will have fusels and im sure the mead is stressed. That being said, time will fix all. Although one question does escape me. After the first 5 days, do any of you continue to swirl, shake, aerate the mead? Initially none of the tutorials/ guides mentioned doing this, but i found several sources claiming it should be done 2ce a day initially and atleast once a day throughout fermentation to get rid of CO2 and give the yeasties some love.
I have been swirling it at least once a day for the last week since the initial pitch.
For Reference. 3lbs blueberry blossom honey, water to 1 gallon. D47.
I have been monitoring my first brew and already from the odd ways it behaves, I know it will have fusels and im sure the mead is stressed. That being said, time will fix all. Although one question does escape me. After the first 5 days, do any of you continue to swirl, shake, aerate the mead? Initially none of the tutorials/ guides mentioned doing this, but i found several sources claiming it should be done 2ce a day initially and atleast once a day throughout fermentation to get rid of CO2 and give the yeasties some love.
I have been swirling it at least once a day for the last week since the initial pitch.
For Reference. 3lbs blueberry blossom honey, water to 1 gallon. D47.