Good afternoon all:
We think we are ready to try our hand at making a traditional mead. We have ordered (2) gallons of each meadowfoam and tupelo honey. We will make two batches. One of each type of honey.
Q1 - Are there any suggestions for the best yeast to preserve/enhance the aromas of the Tupelo Batch and the Meadowfoam Batches? I saw a series of posts from Loveofrose about his meadowfoam but did not see the yeast identified.
Q2 - Second, we were going to use the Gotmead Calculator to see if we could back into our recipes but I am not sure where is has been relocated to.
Q3 - Would you suggest fermenting dry and backsweeting or ending the fermentation when the FG came in range?
Batch 1 Tupelo
Yeast - TBD
Honey - 12 Pounds
Water - unknown - goal to end with a FG of 1.005-1.010. What OG should I am for?
Batch 2 Meadowfoam
Yeast - TBD
Honey - 12 Pounds
Water - unknown - goal to end with a FG of 1.005-1.010 What OG should I am for?
Thank you all!
We think we are ready to try our hand at making a traditional mead. We have ordered (2) gallons of each meadowfoam and tupelo honey. We will make two batches. One of each type of honey.
Q1 - Are there any suggestions for the best yeast to preserve/enhance the aromas of the Tupelo Batch and the Meadowfoam Batches? I saw a series of posts from Loveofrose about his meadowfoam but did not see the yeast identified.
Q2 - Second, we were going to use the Gotmead Calculator to see if we could back into our recipes but I am not sure where is has been relocated to.
Q3 - Would you suggest fermenting dry and backsweeting or ending the fermentation when the FG came in range?
Batch 1 Tupelo
Yeast - TBD
Honey - 12 Pounds
Water - unknown - goal to end with a FG of 1.005-1.010. What OG should I am for?
Batch 2 Meadowfoam
Yeast - TBD
Honey - 12 Pounds
Water - unknown - goal to end with a FG of 1.005-1.010 What OG should I am for?
Thank you all!
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