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
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!
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!
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.
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.
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! 🤘😎👍
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%.
@@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).
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.
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.
When you click on a video early, RU-vid 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.
