Mead for a Belgian

[Brew-boy]

Yesterday I made a 2 gallon batch of mead with 6 lbs of wildflower honey and I used some yeast I had washed from my Belgian Dark strong,WLP530 abbey ale. I added some coriander and bitter orange peel along with a cup of chamomile tea. I thought this would be a fun experiment to see if some of the nice Belgian flavors come through. When I woke this morning there was plenty of activity from the airlock, I really like to see short lag times.

 

[Kauai_Kahuna]

Got to love those large yeast populations from washed yeast, and the money saved helps.
Please let us know how it comes out, I have never used that yeast so enquiring minds want to know.

 

[drew.miller2825]

It's been a long while now, but I'm going to attempt something similar- any updates?

 

[Rish]

It's been a long while now, but I'm going to attempt something similar- any updates?

Drew, if you checked out denardbrewing.com, he jas info on using Lallemand Abbaye dry Belgian yeast. That's what I'm using now.

 

[cmac62]

Bray's One Month Mead BOMM (of Denard Brewing) is based on WY1388, which is their version of a dark strong Belgian yeast so I would guess if nutrified correctly it will provide a really tasty mead quickly. I have my first BOMM still fermenting away as I type. I hope it is as good as quickly as all the posts indicate on the BOMM threads. Don't forget to post results.

 

[cmac62]

I didn't even notice the original post was 2009. Doh!!!