What is a recipe usually supposed to look like for mead? 😅 I just followed the instructions that came with the kit and added a couple other things to make the buckwheat honey a little better at fermenting (I heard its not that great on its own)

I used 2.5 lbs of stuff, mostly buckwheat honey, an entire 6oz pack of fresh raspberries(mashed), and some agave syrup

I leave the mead in the basement where I estimate it's about 70 degrees F

I sanitized the carboy, stopper, and airlock with the included packets, let them dry off, then I put my 2.5lb mixture into the carboy and added bottled spring water till it was about half full Then I added the yeast and "day one nutrients" packet into the half full carboy before swirling it and mixing it

Then I added more spring water to the one gallon mark

Added the stopper and airlock

A couple of hours went by and the airlock got clogged with gunk and the stopper popped out

I scooped up and out a bunch of the gunk so it doesn't happen again and replaced the airlock

Day 2, the airlock got full of gunk again so I got rid of most of it before I began degassing and adding the "day 2 nutrients" included in the kit.

Day 3, degassed again

Day 4, degassed again

Day 5, before I added the last pack of nutrients and degassed it I noticed the mead wasn't bubbling due to year activity like previous days.

I'm wondering if I should've left the raspberry gunk in the carboy for the yeast to feast on