Curt and Kathy's sweet mead kit nutrient additions

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This will be my first mead I’ve ever made and was reading the instructions and had some confusion as to adding nutrients. It says to stir is but I will be using carboys to make this mead. Should I give the carboy a good sloshing after the nutrient addition or use the handle end of my stirring spoon to try and work it in. I know that sloshing is a no no in brewing beer after fermentation begins but would it be alright with making mead?

I plan on following the instructions closely but I intend on either splitting it and adding a strawberry or maybe raspberry puree to one and leaving the other as is, or maybe doing a combination of the strawberry and raspberry puree. I may also attempt a sparkling mead with the melomel side of the two.

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Handle of your spoon will be fine.

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I’ve made Curt and Kathy’s very berry melomel (a.k.a. pink lightning by some friends) nearly a dozen times using the staggered nutrient additions. Thoroughly mix in the nutrients, especially the yeast energizer because I saw some clumping in my first batches. If you have a mix-stir, certainly use that to assure a thorough mix. Don’t worry about oxygen at this stage because the yeast will need it to reach that 14+% ABV.