I'm trying to find a recipe for my first mead, but want to try to hit a certain flavor. I was looking at the BOMM recipe, but I don't think that will hit the mark. I'm shooting for dry to slightly sweet finish. A lot of beginner recipes I'm seeing uses orange blossom honey and/or oranges, but I want to avoid any citrus notes, if possible. Instead, I want to tap into the florals of the wildflower honey I plan to use, possibly also throwing in a tisane of hibiscus, roses, or something of the like to start. Probably shooting for an abv of around 15% (definitely in the double digits, though). I'm fine with aging for a bit to let it mature. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!
Looking for a beginner recipe with a certain type of flavor
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loveofrose
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Gotcha covered: https://denardbrewing.com/blog/post/Acacia-rose/
Wow. Nailed it. Do you happen to know a good sub for Wyeast 1388 for this? I'm leaning towards sticking with dry yeast to be more cost effective. Everything I've read about D-47 (seemingly the most popular) indicates it lends itself more to fruity/citrus notes, and nothing I've read about screams "floral".
Blacksmith1
Captain Cheap
If you can't find a "floral" yeast you could use a neutral one like k1v-1116.
K1-V is far from neutral.
Blacksmith1
Captain Cheap
Really? I could have sworn the list I have said it was. I gotta go recheck my info.
"Esters". (Remember her?)
M-05 is supposedly floral, but I dunno how it will fare in a BOMM recipe.
Blacksmith1
Captain Cheap
You sir are correct. Just looked at the chart and apparently I jumped a line while scanning it. D'oh!
So what are we thinking for this BOMM yeast, then?
Wyeast 1388.
See here: https://denardbrewing.com/blog/post/DryBOMMAromatic/
Seamonkey84
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If I remember right, For a dry yeast version of the BOMM, he’s had some success with Lallemand Abbaye Ale yeast, but you need to use tosna instead of his SNA protocol.
loveofrose
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For this recipe, W15 is a very good substitute. Use TOSNA for dry yeast.
