Good work and interesting results! Could consider a cotinuation of this project by seeing which one of these samples benefits most from bottle aging or carbonation for example. Or perhaps do an oaking test with some chips. 👍
I mean, if I have understood correctly, the fermentation is done after around 6-8 weeks (I am not stating this as fact, just following what I’ve heard in other videos) but the sediment takes multiple months to properly settle down
Ah. I used D47 for my apple-cinnamon mead. Whole thing tasted EXTRA dry! Weirdly, I could smell the cinnamon and cloves, but the taste didn't come through at all! Then again, that was my VERY first mead, so I can't blame the yeast too much. Think I'll try a plain batch with no additives with the 1116 next time. Not scientific... but that's your job!
I don't know if this was intentional on your part, but it's comforting to me as someone who bought your kit and saw your number one yeast being included. I am definitely looking for something light in alcoholic flavor while preserving the taste of honey. If it was intentional on your part, that would be some attention to detail I really appreciate. Even if it's not, it fulfills what I want, and thanks to this video, I know (at least the general direction) what yeast I will be buying. Very easy-to-understand and down-to-earth channel!
Haven’t used 1116…maybe that will be my next one. Also, please turn down the background music…it was so loud in my headphones that it was hard to hear you.
Best way to use E1118 I found is to bottle it a little earlier, makes such a delicious sparkling mead! Not a fan of D47, like you said, turns out way too dry. Gonna have to try the other ones.
Oh 💩!!! ...Now watching this once again and finally I noticed you telling us that the results can be totally different, even by using different types of honey... And all this time I went above and beyond to get the K1-V1116...😅 PS. I'd really appreciate if you could start the second part of your experiment with the different types of honey ASAP (specifically with the K1-V1116) thank you!😂 PS. PS. Love your content! 🤘😎👍
@@chrisrascon969 that should honestly be a Russian Roulette type of challenge. Like the drink tasting Tik Tok videos where they're all inside of a box with a side cut out so the viewer can see but the person's blindfolded and has to drink from three different straws (they can be lifestraws).
It might be a little more in-depth, but would you be able to experiment with temperature? I know too cold will inhibit fermentation, and too hot will alter flavor, but what are the boundaries and how does that affect time/taste?
You didn't miss it. They all had the exact same ABV because that is determined not by yeast, but by the starting ratios which were all the same. I believe the chart said 9.8%.
What is mead suppose to taste like? I bought some in cans and it was disappointingly similar to beer. Is the taste dictated by the yeast more then the honey? I had expected something more like barenjager, but I might as well have bought beer. Which incidentally, if that's how it should taste, would explain why beer has outcompeted mead, being cheaper and about the same result. I also found a 'wine like' version years before, which was interesting.... But in the future I think I'll buy barenjager. But I admit a fair amount of ignorance on the topic. ?
I don't know anything about alcohol, but I've been told there's a difference between "mead" and "beer mead." I don't know, scientifically, what the specific difference is, except that real mead is good and beer mead is, well, basically beer, so, bad. XD I've had something labeled mead from a taproom and it was delicious, but I prefer sweeter drinks that don't taste much like alcohol. It was similar to the smoother ciders I've had, without the bite. I also mixed the mead with a couple different ciders from the tap, and it was even better. I don't think beer mead is always labeled as such, so I don't trust anything labeled "mead" from the store unless I research it and get confirmation from someone who's had it (so, I haven't bought any yet).
Very interesting! I don't really like the Short format on videos though. It would be nice if the whole thing was edited into a single, longer video. Good work.
When you click on a video early, CZcams won't always have the higher resolutions available. The creator can't really do anything about that, you just gotta refresh until the higher resolutions appear.
I think I'd probably rate them completely backward from this guy, since he seems to equate "tastes like alcohol" with "bad." Personally, I like the taste of alcohol. I don't want it covered up by honey taste.
Good work and interesting results! Could consider a cotinuation of this project by seeing which one of these samples benefits most from bottle aging or carbonation for example. Or perhaps do an oaking test with some chips. 👍
My concern with getting into this hobby is it takes 12 months to test your results properly.
Patience discipline humbleness stay down to see your product through. You can do it 👍🏾🫡
Its been 3 weeks since you made your comment. You could have had a batch made already!
I mean you can definitely test it sooner than 12 lol
Okay test sooner, but doesn't it need to mature for a bit? I want to "test" 750ml @@tennovinci9050
I mean, if I have understood correctly, the fermentation is done after around 6-8 weeks (I am not stating this as fact, just following what I’ve heard in other videos) but the sediment takes multiple months to properly settle down
Ah. I used D47 for my apple-cinnamon mead. Whole thing tasted EXTRA dry!
Weirdly, I could smell the cinnamon and cloves, but the taste didn't come through at all!
Then again, that was my VERY first mead, so I can't blame the yeast too much.
Think I'll try a plain batch with no additives with the 1116 next time.
Not scientific... but that's your job!
I don't know if this was intentional on your part, but it's comforting to me as someone who bought your kit and saw your number one yeast being included. I am definitely looking for something light in alcoholic flavor while preserving the taste of honey. If it was intentional on your part, that would be some attention to detail I really appreciate. Even if it's not, it fulfills what I want, and thanks to this video, I know (at least the general direction) what yeast I will be buying. Very easy-to-understand and down-to-earth channel!
Can you do bread yeast vs the worst and best of these yeast
Haven’t used 1116…maybe that will be my next one. Also, please turn down the background music…it was so loud in my headphones that it was hard to hear you.
Best way to use E1118 I found is to bottle it a little earlier, makes such a delicious sparkling mead! Not a fan of D47, like you said, turns out way too dry. Gonna have to try the other ones.
Oh 💩!!!
...Now watching this once again and finally I noticed you telling us that the results can be totally different, even by using different types of honey... And all this time I went above and beyond to get the K1-V1116...😅
PS. I'd really appreciate if you could start the second part of your experiment with the different types of honey ASAP (specifically with the K1-V1116) thank you!😂
PS. PS. Love your content!
🤘😎👍
Can you make a full video on you making mead from start to finish! 😁 would love to learn more and more
I just recently finished a batch with K1-V1116. Glad to see its your highest rated
Fckin DOPE series dude! 1 love
Will you do a taste test after some aging? as you probably know the mead flavor will change over time.
If this was an Unus Annus it would be a piss tasting rather a mead tasting. Kinda looks the same either way 😂
Your right, but then again must mead and beer look like piss. Don't judge a book by its cover unless you know where it comes from! 😂
On today’s episode of “is it mead, piss or beer”……
@@chrisrascon969 that should honestly be a Russian Roulette type of challenge. Like the drink tasting Tik Tok videos where they're all inside of a box with a side cut out so the viewer can see but the person's blindfolded and has to drink from three different straws (they can be lifestraws).
It might be a little more in-depth, but would you be able to experiment with temperature?
I know too cold will inhibit fermentation, and too hot will alter flavor, but what are the boundaries and how does that affect time/taste?
Try yest for wine - i prefer porto and cheress.
I’d like to see if letting the fruit sink before racking makes a different in taste compared to racking it while it is still floating.
Did I miss you showing ABV of each with the flavor notes?
You didn't miss it. They all had the exact same ABV because that is determined not by yeast, but by the starting ratios which were all the same. I believe the chart said 9.8%.
@@TheCommodore7 thank you. I appreciate it
Good videos. I was rooting for 1118 lol. Good to know, going to try the winner. Cheers
So which specific yeast strains gave you what flavors?
Try mixing different yeasts together in one batch
I was thinking you were gonna be using other yeasts, like baking yeasts
So to answer that, yes baking yeast will work but the alcohol yield will be much less.
Check doing the most and man made mead, they've done plenty of tests with baking yeast
@@sheevpalpatine3977 I just bottled 2 batches of mead using bread yeast and 71B and both fermented to 13% .
What is mead suppose to taste like? I bought some in cans and it was disappointingly similar to beer. Is the taste dictated by the yeast more then the honey?
I had expected something more like barenjager, but I might as well have bought beer. Which incidentally, if that's how it should taste, would explain why beer has outcompeted mead, being cheaper and about the same result. I also found a 'wine like' version years before, which was interesting....
But in the future I think I'll buy barenjager. But I admit a fair amount of ignorance on the topic. ?
I don't know anything about alcohol, but I've been told there's a difference between "mead" and "beer mead." I don't know, scientifically, what the specific difference is, except that real mead is good and beer mead is, well, basically beer, so, bad. XD
I've had something labeled mead from a taproom and it was delicious, but I prefer sweeter drinks that don't taste much like alcohol. It was similar to the smoother ciders I've had, without the bite. I also mixed the mead with a couple different ciders from the tap, and it was even better. I don't think beer mead is always labeled as such, so I don't trust anything labeled "mead" from the store unless I research it and get confirmation from someone who's had it (so, I haven't bought any yet).
@@LivingNexusThanks, good to know. Hope more data comes along. Mead is fascinating, and beer mead was so boring it almost put me off the topic.
Can tell he's new at this because he isn't using dv10.
Yes yes it does
How do you make mead with a higher alcohol content
What about using wild yeast?
D-47 and yeast nutrient 🤘
What’s the average abv you see 71b get to?
Very interesting! I don't really like the Short format on videos though. It would be nice if the whole thing was edited into a single, longer video. Good work.
I agree, lots of redundant information from part to part. I get why people do it but a video should be different from a short.
why is the video 240p?
When you click on a video early, CZcams won't always have the higher resolutions available. The creator can't really do anything about that, you just gotta refresh until the higher resolutions appear.
@@bjj1132good to know cause sometimes I watch some cool stuff from people that really benefits from a higher resolution like AntsCanada
I think I'd probably rate them completely backward from this guy, since he seems to equate "tastes like alcohol" with "bad." Personally, I like the taste of alcohol. I don't want it covered up by honey taste.