Today I opened the bochet and it gloriously smells like coffee and BOOZE! I take the SG: 1.070. It’s fermenting, baby! Thank the gods. I give it a good degassing and re-cover. Tomorrow is more nutrient. Should i do a third nutrient? I’m not sure. But this is all a good sign.
Tag: troubleshooting
Still no airlock activity…
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.
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…
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