For past week or so I've been reading up an watching videos on crafting mead. I've taken the next step today I started purchasing carboys airlock honey yeast yeast nutrients an yeast enigizer... I've decided I would like a sweeter mead over a dry mead. I bought #3 choke cherry honey.(pretty sure it's local lots of cherry in the mts). I'm going to follow sum simple instructions I've put together. Nothing fancy just mixing the honey in the water an pitching yeast.
Ok here's the recipe (open for changes)
The Cherry Poppin Mead
1 gallon spring water
3lbs choke cherry honey
LAVIN 47
LD CARLSON Yeast nutrient an yeast energized.
24 raisin like cherrys (seen others use raisins in there mead)
Ok so here are my questions..
I'm curious about the nutrient an energizer.. I'm guessing that the raisins people use are used as the nutrient for the YEAST should I not use the nutrient or energizer or should use them as well as the cherry raisins ??
Pls chime in I'd love sum tips on this I ultimately wanted to rack onto cherrys to increase the flavor but at the moment I'm waiting on them to be in stock at the store. ( I mean rack to cherry by siphoning from first fermenter to second carboy with whole cherries) I'd love sum help on this I'm bran spanking new to crafting. I've had enough of watching delicious crafts on tv an I'm ready to make my own.
I'll keep this up to date an post pics this week when I create it.
Ok here's the recipe (open for changes)
The Cherry Poppin Mead
1 gallon spring water
3lbs choke cherry honey
LAVIN 47
LD CARLSON Yeast nutrient an yeast energized.
24 raisin like cherrys (seen others use raisins in there mead)
Ok so here are my questions..
I'm curious about the nutrient an energizer.. I'm guessing that the raisins people use are used as the nutrient for the YEAST should I not use the nutrient or energizer or should use them as well as the cherry raisins ??
Pls chime in I'd love sum tips on this I ultimately wanted to rack onto cherrys to increase the flavor but at the moment I'm waiting on them to be in stock at the store. ( I mean rack to cherry by siphoning from first fermenter to second carboy with whole cherries) I'd love sum help on this I'm bran spanking new to crafting. I've had enough of watching delicious crafts on tv an I'm ready to make my own.
I'll keep this up to date an post pics this week when I create it.