Starting Yeast
I’m getting to brew a recipe from last year’s American Homebrewer Association’s national competiton – the Underwood’s “Blasphemy at GobblersRoost” (you’ll need an AHA login to view their Homebrewopedia); it’s a [..]
Tag: fermentation
The Fermentation Reaction
N.B. This is not my work, it is a file I have kept for several years.l do not know to whom to accredit it. If you recognize it, please send [..]
A thought on mead nutrients
Honey contains small amounts of vitamins, minerals and amino acids, as well as anti-oxidants, but not enough to make sufficient nutrition for your yeast. If there is lag time in getting yeast activity [..]
Sulfites in mead
Sulfite: the goal is to neutralize wild yeasts in your mead must, so that they don’t give you awful off-flavors. Brewing yeasts are carefully engineered for the way they process the [..]
Mead additives
Honey Handling and Mead Additives – another forum discussion From http://byo.com/feature/875.html Your aim in preparing the must and in the fermentation of honey should be to retain as much of [..]