Sparkling mead how much Honey

[Sagatho]

hello fellas

just a quick question, im about to bottle 10 liters of dry show mead i want to make it sparkling, how much honey i have to add to make a nice Fizzy mead.

 

[Johan__]

I would use Wyeast 4632 yeast with 2 pounds and 2.04 ounces of honey that make about 12%Abv mead and bottle condition will make it sparkling. (1gallon)

 

[Maylar]

3 oz (.25 cups) for 10 liters will do it.

 

[Sagatho]

thanks i will do 1/4 cup to prime, i will post the result in 2 weeks or 3 weeks ;D

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

One of the online priming calculators has a mead category and different sugars including honey..... I'll look and post when I find it.

 

[Maylar]

One of the online priming calculators has a mead category and different sugars including honey..... I'll look and post when I find it.

Northern Brewer has a calculator too, that's what I used. Figured for 2.6 volumes at 70 F.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Northern Brewer has a calculator too, that's what I used. Figured for 2.6 volumes at 70 F.

There's one I've used that has a drop down menu with a vast list of beverages / styles and a menu of fermentables including honey, maple syrup and the ussually used sugars. I should have bookmarked it.

 

[fuelish]

thanks i will do 1/4 cup to prime, i will post the result in 2 weeks or 3 weeks ;D

YMMV, but I'd give it longer than 2 or 3 weeks .... mine seem to take several weeks to bottle carb, and they're lower abv melomels (6-8%)...as said, ymmv

 

[Sagatho]

YMMV, but I'd give it longer than 2 or 3 weeks .... mine seem to take several weeks to bottle carb, and they're lower abv melomels (6-8%)...as said, ymmv

your right me last bottle carb was 3 weeks it was also a dry show mead 6-7%

i will open test bottles in one, two and meaby three week ;D

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

thanks i will do 1/4 cup to prime, i will post the result in 2 weeks or 3 weeks ;D

This is not the same calculator that I was writing about, but it does give CO2 volumes for traditional mead so depending on how effervesent you want it ... The 1/4 to 1/3 cup should work. I did bookmark this one! Cheers!

http://blog.craftbeertraders.com/priming-sugar-calculator/