Hi,
I’m currently making a mead for my wedding. I’d like to use it to replace the champagne toast. I was following a particular recipe and I’m not sure if I can make it sparkling now. It’s currently in my glass carboy. Here’s the recipe:
Date Made: 4/19/14
Ingredients
10 lbs local honey (Fruitwood Orchards South Jersey Pine Barren Honey)
~ 3.5 gallons of Poland Spring Water (to bring volume to 5 gallon)
2 packs of Lalvin 71B
5g LD Carlson Yeast Energizer
7g LD Carlson Yeast Nutrient
5g Calcium Carbonate
OG: 1.075
4/21/14
Gravity = 1.050
Added 5g LD Carlson Yeast Energizer & 7g LD Carlson Yeast Nutrient
4/30/14
Gravity = 0.998
Added ¼ teaspoon LD Carlson Potassium Metabisulphite
Transferred to Secondary with CO2 Blanket
Since I added the Potassium Metabisulphite can I still make this a sparkling mead? Can I add a portion of Lalvin 71B (2 grams?) with whatever I’m going to use to prime (sucrose, honey, etc.)? I know I’ll have to bottle with champagne bottles with cork and cage.
Thank you for any input.
I’m currently making a mead for my wedding. I’d like to use it to replace the champagne toast. I was following a particular recipe and I’m not sure if I can make it sparkling now. It’s currently in my glass carboy. Here’s the recipe:
Date Made: 4/19/14
Ingredients
10 lbs local honey (Fruitwood Orchards South Jersey Pine Barren Honey)
~ 3.5 gallons of Poland Spring Water (to bring volume to 5 gallon)
2 packs of Lalvin 71B
5g LD Carlson Yeast Energizer
7g LD Carlson Yeast Nutrient
5g Calcium Carbonate
OG: 1.075
4/21/14
Gravity = 1.050
Added 5g LD Carlson Yeast Energizer & 7g LD Carlson Yeast Nutrient
4/30/14
Gravity = 0.998
Added ¼ teaspoon LD Carlson Potassium Metabisulphite
Transferred to Secondary with CO2 Blanket
Since I added the Potassium Metabisulphite can I still make this a sparkling mead? Can I add a portion of Lalvin 71B (2 grams?) with whatever I’m going to use to prime (sucrose, honey, etc.)? I know I’ll have to bottle with champagne bottles with cork and cage.
Thank you for any input.
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