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Preplan your mead for rs. Then choose a yeast with a known abv % die off. And then use the two bits of information to calculate honey to water ratio for fermentation. A nice dry mead about 2 rs and a port sweet 9/10 rs.

I no longer to back sweeten. I preplan my mead and use different types of yeast that top out at different abv %. By using this technique I can determine the desired rs in finished mead. I even make my port style mead this way.

I make port style mead with just honey with 8% rs. The abv 18.6%. It actually tastes better than standard port as it has no jammy taste profile. Has a clear raisin flavor, honey note and warm musk complexity. Test no moulds, no yeast and 3 cuf wine bacteria. Even folks that don't like mead will...

Can I enter mead beer?

easy way to store malt and prevent mold growth; pour 96.5 abv on top of malt; alcohol boils off when preparing wort. Just add a little more alcohol each time you remove malt from bucket before sealing the lid.

Any good quality red wine yeast will make a good mead; two things to do before making a mead. Check the pH and stay away from honey that has a natural high pH it can cause you mead to have a tin flavour. Depending on the dryness will be determined by the volume percentage of honey used in the...