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JAOM bread yeast help.

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cjuenchico27

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So I've made the must for my first ever batch of mead. I've followed joes recipe to the letter, only problem is I can't get fleischmanns bread yeast where I live. I have two types of allinsons bread yeast to use and I'm not sure which one to use.

One is a sachet of alinsons easy bake bread yeast...the stuff recommended for bread machines... Looks pretty standard

The other is a tin of allinsons active dried yeast... Not recommended for bread machines... Grains are quite a bit larger than the sachet...

Just waiting for the must to cool down then I'm ready to pitch the yeast.... Which yeast do I use???
 

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Not familiar with either of those but if I were a gambling man I go for the tin of active dried if only because I seen to have seen the plain active fleischmanns reccommended over the bread machine variety in here somewhere....and of course it's always easier gabling on someone eles's batch (LOL)
 

Chevette Girl

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I second Riverat's suggestion, the bread machine stuff is designed for specific performance, the tinned stuff is what I'd go for too.
 

fatbloke

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Ah, well, I'm on the mainland, and yes, I've successfully used the Allinsons i.e. the one in the tin.

It works fine.

And in the same way, I usually make mine to 1 imperial gallon, which also works fine.

I've yet to have it good as soon as its finished, but I've no problem ageing it for 6 months plus.......
 

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Cool, I don't often measure them but when I do, I generally find bread yeast can take a must with SG 1.125 down to 1.030 pretty consistently. I'm curious what effect diluting it slightly by using an Imperial gallon instead of a 'Merican one will have.

cjuenchico27, sounds like you're on track! Keep us posted on your progress!
 

Loadnabox

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With Fleischmanns I aim for the OG to be 1.155 before I add the oranges and spice.

After oranges and spice the OG tends to drop to 1.145

In a batch under these conditions mine generally finishes between 1.030 and 1.035
 
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