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Hey all, yesterday i made two 5 litre batches of traditional mead. I used white labs sweet mead. Its been just under 24 hours and i still havent noticed any active fermentation. Its also good to note that the yeast i used was about 3 days past its best before date. I am hoping its going to pick up shortly. They were in my garage last night and it is very cold in Melbourne at the moment so i have since moved them in to the house. When should i start worrying about no active signs of fermentation? And if it doesnt can i add more of a different yeast? I would hate for the 3kg of honey i purchased to go to waste. Thanks all

<blockquote data-quote="FluffiestMuffin" data-source="post: 1533186" data-attributes="member: 83411"><p>Hey all, yesterday i made two 5 litre batches of traditional mead. I used white labs sweet mead. Its been just under 24 hours and i still havent noticed any active fermentation. Its also good to note that the yeast i used was about 3 days past its best before date. I am hoping its going to pick up shortly. They were in my garage last night and it is very cold in Melbourne at the moment so i have since moved them in to the house. When should i start worrying about no active signs of fermentation? And if it doesnt can i add more of a different yeast? I would hate for the 3kg of honey i purchased to go to waste. Thanks all <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/teb/2/16/1f642.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="FluffiestMuffin, post: 1533186, member: 83411"] Hey all, yesterday i made two 5 litre batches of traditional mead. I used white labs sweet mead. Its been just under 24 hours and i still havent noticed any active fermentation. Its also good to note that the yeast i used was about 3 days past its best before date. I am hoping its going to pick up shortly. They were in my garage last night and it is very cold in Melbourne at the moment so i have since moved them in to the house. When should i start worrying about no active signs of fermentation? And if it doesnt can i add more of a different yeast? I would hate for the 3kg of honey i purchased to go to waste. Thanks all [IMG]https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/teb/2/16/1f642.png[/IMG]:) [/QUOTE]

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