Abraham Viera
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Hello everyone!
I've never tried mead before but after watching some youtube videos I began fermenting my first batch of melomel mead yesterday with a standard recipe with strawberries, I don't really have a hydrometer but as I'm using baker yeast, I saw on the internet that baker yeast tend to die at about 12% ABV (I know this yeast is not the best, I would appreciate not telling me that again haha).
Anyway back to the topic, I want to make another batch for my mother, but she told me she want a low ABV, carbonated and sweet drink, and I'm not sure how to achieve that, is this possible without any special equipment or without chemicals?
I already saw the hydromel tutorial from "City Steading" youtube channel, and thought that in order to achieve the low ABV I just need to add less sugars (honey) on the primary fermentation.
The problem comes when I think about carbonating the drink, it will probably eat the sugar again so the drink won't be sweet. Is there a way to carbonate it without loosing all the sugar?
Thank you !
I've never tried mead before but after watching some youtube videos I began fermenting my first batch of melomel mead yesterday with a standard recipe with strawberries, I don't really have a hydrometer but as I'm using baker yeast, I saw on the internet that baker yeast tend to die at about 12% ABV (I know this yeast is not the best, I would appreciate not telling me that again haha).
Anyway back to the topic, I want to make another batch for my mother, but she told me she want a low ABV, carbonated and sweet drink, and I'm not sure how to achieve that, is this possible without any special equipment or without chemicals?
I already saw the hydromel tutorial from "City Steading" youtube channel, and thought that in order to achieve the low ABV I just need to add less sugars (honey) on the primary fermentation.
The problem comes when I think about carbonating the drink, it will probably eat the sugar again so the drink won't be sweet. Is there a way to carbonate it without loosing all the sugar?
Thank you !