For the love of Mead, Part 3: Ceiling Surprise

Ryan came home and his first question was "have you looked at the ceiling recently?"

Why, no.  No, I haven't.  If I had, I would have noticed this:

Oops.

Those meady explosions were a little more powerful than I'd thought!  Luckily the kitchen has shiny washable paint and the hibiscus bits didn't stain. 

Anyway, today's the day I'm adding 1/2 of the remaining nutrients.  The fermentation has not slowed very much so far, which is awesome!  These nutrients will give the yeast another boost to keep them going strong.  I'm still aerating a few times a day and being extra-careful about more krausen clogging up the airlocks... and ending up on the ceiling. 

So far the Specific Gravity started out at 1.105 (adding more honey equals a higher SG), and it's now down to 1.090 (or maybe a bit less, it's hard to tell with all the bubbles!).  That means that the mead is already 2% alcohol after just 6 days, which is like a weak beer.  It certainly smells alcoholic already.

I'm expecting it to get to about 13.75% by the end... most wine is 12.5-14.5%, so this is pretty good for such a quick mead.