Completely new to this... Found a very basic mead recipe decided to give it a try, but I think I may have goofed. Making mead in a 1 gallon glass jug. Forgot to pick up distilled water, so I elected to boil the water I was going to use, thinking it would not only help with water impurities, but also would help with diluting the honey. Allowed the water to cool a bit but possibly not long enough.
When I added the yeast, I got very little reaction. Allowed it to stay in the sink overnight as the recipe says it would overflow the bottle… nothing of the sort occurred.
Is it possible that the water was still too hot and killed off the yeast? Is there a remedy, or should I simply start over..?
Any help is appreciated…