Honey is predigested sugars. Raw It has the ablity to digest starch. -
So does human salivia.
How much I am not sure the amounts to add. But I guess this is the best place, someone must have tired to covert starch grains with Really Raw honey.
can you tell us where you get this information of honey itself digesting sugars?
Keep in mind that wild yeast are unpredictable. You may end up the best mead you ever made or the worst. There is absolutely no way of knowing.
People who create their own home yeast usually:
1) They are already experienced mead makers that know what they are doing. And yes mead is very different than grape wine. Grapes have their own natural nutrients to feed the yeast which honey does not have. This one fact alone makes a HUGE difference. Also even with pitched yeast grape wine requires much less attention than mead. I am making my first batch of grape wine and floored by how much easier it is compared to mead.
2) Usually these people do experiments in small batches like half gallon or quart size so if their experiment goes wrong, much less honey is lost.
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