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Brand spanking new to all of this. We made a one gallon batch of mead a few years back, but we put it in a closet and forgot about it for several months. by the time we got back to it the air lock was bone dry and everything inside had a fowl smell. This time, we have a 5 gallon batch of watermelon wine going. We didn't put it in a closet and forget about it. lol. Anywho, it is in the primary fermenter and started out GREAT. With in 3 hours we had slow fermentation and for the next week and a half it was going strong. For the next few days it got steady slower. It is now a little over 2 weeks and it is dead still, no more bubbles in the air lock. Everything I have read said it should take about a month to bring it to full fermentation. I haven't opened it up and taken a look yet, but at 2 and a half weeks could it be ready for the first rack or could something have gone wrong? Thanks for any advice.
Brand spanking new to all of this. We made a one gallon batch of mead a few years back, but we put it in a closet and forgot about it for several months. by the time we got back to it the air lock was bone dry and everything inside had a fowl smell. This time, we have a 5 gallon batch of watermelon wine going. We didn't put it in a closet and forget about it. lol. Anywho, it is in the primary fermenter and started out GREAT. With in 3 hours we had slow fermentation and for the next week and a half it was going strong. For the next few days it got steady slower. It is now a little over 2 weeks and it is dead still, no more bubbles in the air lock. Everything I have read said it should take about a month to bring it to full fermentation. I haven't opened it up and taken a look yet, but at 2 and a half weeks could it be ready for the first rack or could something have gone wrong? Thanks for any advice.