Guava Mead

[dxgord]

3 12oz cans GOYA Guava Nectar
4 lbs clover honey
1 tsp yeast nut.
1 packet sweet mead yeast
Water to 1.5 gallons (So when I rack to secondary, I will have a full gallon due to sediment loss.)
OG: 1.130

Any thoughts?

 

[2ndGenBrewer]

Sounds like a good recipe. My only worries would be about the nectar. Doesn't GOYA use high fructose corn syrup? I'm not sure how well that will ferment and when how well it will taste. After all HFC was developed to make jet fuel.

 

[buenaventura]

I agree on all counts.

Definitely sounds intriguing . . . but I would assume that GOYA would not only have HFC but also fermentation-inhibiting preservatives . . . though I could be wrong.

I will keep my eyes peeled for domestic brands that are organic or otherwise . . . "natural."

 

[buenaventura]

On its website it says "100% natural" . . . but . . . I am suspicious.

 

[dxgord]

If corn sugar ferments, why wouldnt corn syrup? Arent they essentially the same thing? They are both sugar derivatives from corn.

 

[dxgord]

I dug through the trash, reading off of the can, other than guava pulp and corn syrup, there is modified corn starch and citric acid.

 

[3 Dog Brew]

Hmm, great idea.

After living in this house for 5 years, last winter I realized that the funky semi-bottle brush tree in the front yard is a pineapple-guava or Feijoa. Thanks to you, I now know what to do with the fruit.

If you're wondering how I had no idea what this tree is, last year was the first time it produced fruit.

 

[buenaventura]

I'm keen to know how this turns out, as I live just down the street from an arsenal of GOYA products. Keep us posted . . . :rockin:

 

[BBBF]

I've made two meads from Goya products. The blackberry experimet was acceptable, but my guava/passion fruit & lime was a disappointment.

 

[dxgord]

not god news for me...

 

[BBBF]

Maybe... Maybe not...

Mine took on a sherry like flavor and I'm not sure if there was some oxidation or if that is just what it tastes like. Be prepared to backsweeten this one and keep us posted. I'm interested in your results.

 

[dxgord]

Will do. Backsweeten with honey or sugar? Which would you think is would turn out better?

 

[BBBF]

Honey

 

[dxgord]

Stabilize with meta or K Sorbate? I just backsweetened a cider by I stabilizing, sweetening then bottling. However I still came out with sparkling cider. The added sugar is still fermenting in the bottle. After that happened I just stopped backsweetening all together... Any tips on proper backsweetening technique?

 

[aatallah]

Stabilize with meta or K Sorbate? I just backsweetened a cider by I stabilizing, sweetening then bottling. However I still came out with sparkling cider. The added sugar is still fermenting in the bottle. After that happened I just stopped backsweetening all together... Any tips on proper backsweetening technique?

hope this is helpful:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/i...Back_sweetening_with_unfermentable_sweeteners

 

[Arpolis]

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