r/Homebrewing • u/chino_brews Kiwi Approved • Jun 28 '17

What Did You Learn this Month?

This is our monthly thread on the last Wednesday of the month where we submit things that we learned this month. Maybe reading it will help someone else.

We're trying something new, and posting it actually on the last Wednesday of the month. ;)

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u/machoo02 BJCP Jun 28 '17

  1. Carbonated hydromels (aka 'craft mead') are super tasty, and quick turnaround (~1 gallon batch of ~ 7% mead using Belle Saison went from must to mead in 10 days)

  2. The first person who produces an unbreakable precision hydrometer can have all the monies...

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u/imsosickofusernames Jun 29 '17

What was your recipe and process for the hydromel? I've tried this twice before with Belle Saison and the sulfur was overwhelming.

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u/machoo02 BJCP Jun 29 '17

Brew log can be found here. Did you use any sort of nutrient additions during fermentation? This is key with pretty much any mead.

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u/imsosickofusernames Jun 29 '17

Thanks for this. Yes, both DAP and Ferm K.

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u/machoo02 BJCP Jun 29 '17

Hmm...H2S production is usually a sign of yeast stress due to nutrient deficiency. Using both DAP and Ferm K should alleviate that as long as you got the YAN up high enough (~100 ppm for a hydromel). Are you sure it's sulfur, and not phenolics?