Decided to make my first mead on Sunday July 25, 2010 with:
15 lbs Clover Honey (Sam's Club)
1 tsp Fermaid K
White Labs WLP720 - Sweet Mead Wine Yeast
Before getting started put all 3 honey containers in a dish tub filled with hot tap water. Added filtered tap water (78F from the tap) until collected about 3 gallons or more into a 6.5 gallon glass carboy. Then added the FermaidK and sloshed carboy to mix in with water. Added all the honey into the carboy, using a big funnel and topped off to collect 5 gallons in the carboy. Using a 3 prong plastic wine degasser attached to a hand held drill, inserted into the carboy and mixed up the must vigorously, took OG reading of 1.100. Added yeast, then ran the drill to mix and oxygenate the must some more. Installed stopper with airlock with vodka. After 24 hours a slow but steady fermentation had begun.
