mead with only DAP nutrient?

[copachono]

hi all, im wanting to make a traditional mead but i just bought DAP, when i realized that i needed more nutrients well i was to late, since i live outside USA it takes a long trip to get them, so my question its can i only use DAP for a 5 gallons melomel and D-47 yeast?, at least without getting any off flavor

 

[Maylar]

Yes you can use DAP. Be sure to use spring water too for the trace minerals that yeast need.

 

[dmtaylor]

It will be fine.

 

[copachono]

Well im gonna give it a try then a hope it end uo tasting good, btw, this may be a silly question but, how do you put fruits on the mead? I mean how you sanitize the fruits without cooking them?

 

[dmtaylor]

Well im gonna give it a try then a hope it end uo tasting good, btw, this may be a silly question but, how do you put fruits on the mead? I mean how you sanitize the fruits without cooking them?

Freeze, thaw, add 1 crushed Campden tablet (or equivalent amount of bisulfite) per pound, wait 48 hours for it to activate and dissipate, place into a sanitized vessel, then rack the mead on top of the fruit.

 

[Robusto]

I would throw in some boiled/ nuked bread yeast or some other nutrients otherwise be very precise with your DAP additions, as too much DAP can burn yeast.

 

[JimRausch]

A good source of vitamins and trace minerals is to take a teaspoonful of bread yeast, boil it to kill and add it to the must when you add the DAP.

 

[Kevin Gallagher]

a good source for the future is Fermaid K, ( organic) use it to activate the yeast and to feed after your fermentation has started. Tosna feeding schedule is good to use.

 

[Maylar]

a good source for the future is Fermaid K, ( organic) use it to activate the yeast and to feed after your fermentation has started. Tosna feeding schedule is good to use.

Fermaid-K is inorganic, Fermaid-O is organic. Neither should be used to rehydrate yeast (if that's what you mean by activate), only GoFerm is good for that.

 

[copachono]

i order some Go ferm and some fermiad O but the thing its this guys are coming in one month, so im tying to ferment some mead this month, since i have plenty raw honey over here,

btw the bread yeast its only used at the beggining??

 

[Maylar]

Dead bread yeast can be used instead of regular nutrients if that's all you can get. Don't use it if you have the Fermaid-O.

 

[JimRausch]

Dead bread yeast can be used instead of regular nutrients if that's all you can get. Don't use it if you have the Fermaid-O.

Curious. Is this because you would be adding too much nitrogen? Or just because it would be unnecessary?

 

[Maylar]

Curious. Is this because you would be adding too much nitrogen? Or just because it would be unnecessary?

There is a limit to how much nitrogen yeast can assimilate and the YAN value is not established (or not published) for a packet of dead bread yeast. With Fermaid O they publish the numbers. I'd be afraid of "over feeding" them using both.

 

[Dan O]

I would use the DAP sparingly. It can cause off flavors if overused. The boiled bread yeast mentioned above is always a safe bet.