Preliator
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I was hoping i could ask a question about yeast.... I just completed a nice Cinnamon cyser that finished rather sweet..sweeter then my tastes but good for the wife.
I am now looking at a simple pyment and had a yeast question. I used lavlin 1118 which the guy at the lhbs shop recommended as being best....a generic yeast for white wines is how he actually described it. well on this one i am not doing a white/ clear mead but a grape pyment. and in looking for a dryer finish that can be backsweetned to taste. I have plenty of red star yeast including pasture red, montrachet, and premier cuvee.
looking for some feedback on these yeasts for the recipe below...any help would be greatly appreciated.
Joe's Grape Mead / Pyment -- J.M.
Makes
1 gal
2 lbs Clover honey
1 oz buckwheat honey
24 sunmaid rasins
64-oz Kashem Grape Juice with Vitamin C added- Make sure it has no preservatives in ingredients other than Vitamin C added (Absorbic Acid)
Balance water if you need it to make 1 gallon after adding honey mixed in water (don't use too much water in honey mix or you'll end up with more than you bargained for.
Lalvin EC-1118
thanks
anthony
I am now looking at a simple pyment and had a yeast question. I used lavlin 1118 which the guy at the lhbs shop recommended as being best....a generic yeast for white wines is how he actually described it. well on this one i am not doing a white/ clear mead but a grape pyment. and in looking for a dryer finish that can be backsweetned to taste. I have plenty of red star yeast including pasture red, montrachet, and premier cuvee.
looking for some feedback on these yeasts for the recipe below...any help would be greatly appreciated.
Joe's Grape Mead / Pyment -- J.M.
Makes
1 gal
2 lbs Clover honey
1 oz buckwheat honey
24 sunmaid rasins
64-oz Kashem Grape Juice with Vitamin C added- Make sure it has no preservatives in ingredients other than Vitamin C added (Absorbic Acid)
Balance water if you need it to make 1 gallon after adding honey mixed in water (don't use too much water in honey mix or you'll end up with more than you bargained for.
Lalvin EC-1118
thanks
anthony