justoned707
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I use ec-1118 and no nutrients with 1 gallon water and 3 lbs honey. Will it be a sweet mead because I didn't use nutrients?? That's what I'm hoping for.
No, EC-1118 will take that to dry without an issue; I have had it go as high as a calculated 18.4% abv. Without using nutrients, the fermentation will not be as healthy and will have the potential for producing unwanted flavors and/or aromas.
In order to have a sweet mead, you would either have to add a lot more honey to exceed the alcohol tolerance of the yeast or stabilize and backsweeten.
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