Based on a beginners recipe from Reddit

February 18 2023, pitched at about 20:00

Primary:

• 458 g raspberries (Colruyt, frozen)
• 1.3kg honey (Colruyt)
• 5g Lalvin 71B
• 4.4g bentonite
• 5g pectinase

Gravity of primary: 1.098

February 18 2023, 22:30

First bubbles appear, lag seems over. Add 1.8g of yeast hulls.

February 20 2023, 22:00

Add 1.6g of Vitaferm Ultra F3

February 21 2023, 17:00

Add 1.6g of Vitaferm Ultra F3

February 27 2023, 18:00

Fermentation seems halted, add more fruit.

• 230g blueberries
• 540g raspberries

The mead was racked over the frozen fruit, so I expect fermentation to come up very slowly.

March 5 2023, 22:00

SG 0.96 (wtf)

Racked on 0.6g potassium metabisulpithe

April 23, 2023

Racked onto 253g of “Famille Michaud - Lune de Miel” honey.