THE MEAD MUST FLOW! No bubbles from the bochet after the second yeast pitch!!! What is going on? I check obsessively every few hours. I sniff over the airlock and it smells like it should. But no action. I decide to crack it open tomorrow for an SG and a stir.
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THE MEAD MUST FLOW!
THE MEAD MUST FLOW! I took an SG reading on my coffee bochet and it showed as 1.10. WTF. NOTHING! Same as the original gravity (OG). I decide to pitch more yeast. This time I decide not to be cute and stick to the original method. I put hot water from the faucet into the…
Stuck Fermentation?
August 20, 2018 Is my bochet stuck? No bubbles in the airlock today. Not sure what’s up. My plan is to degas every day during primary fermentation and I’m doing staggered nutrient addition. I degassed it (re: stirred). Will check for bubbles again tonight and tomorrow. Supposed to add more nutrient tomorrow. Should I hold…
Coffee Bochet
August 19, 2018 Today I cooked up the Bochet using the following recipe: 2 cups cold brew coffee (Trader Joe’s Bolivian Fair Trade, steeped for 24 hours, prepared ahead of time) 3 lbs Wildflower Honey (I get this from the local farmer’s market) boiled for about 50 minutes 10 cups filtered tap water Yeast energizer…
Planning 2nd Mead – Bochet
August 17, 2018 I am already excitedly planning my 2nd batch of mead. I decided I want to make a bochet. A bochet is a mead where the honey is boiled and caramelized instead of added raw. The caramelization creates a darker color and richer flavor. It sounds nice so I figured I’d try it….
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