This becomes an issue however when trying to see if this is completely dry or not. For this particular hydrometer, pure water measures at a gravity of about 1.004. Based on that assumption I need to subtract 4 points from the measured value to get the real gravity.
By that logic, the mead is currently running at a gravity of 0.998. Leading me to call this dry and finished. The airlock is producing one blip every minute or so. I am assuming this is just dissolved CO2 coming out and perhaps a final kicking of the yeast.
SG = 1.002 (Corrected to 0.998) |
I also measured the pH @ 3.4. With this pH it means I won't have to add too much total SO2 to protect this mead.
Update: 5/19/2012 5:00PM
I am trying something different. I added some SuperKleer K.C. to promote a faster clarification of the mead before I rack onto the coconut. I just don't want to carry over a lot of yeast and crap as I plan on leaving it on the coconut for a good while... I didn't take a photo at the time I mixed it all in but here is one that I took about 4 hours after I mixed it up. From my perspective this looks like it has already clear up quite a bit. Let's see what happens.
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