Maischewerk Mead Set for Winter: Mead Yeast, Yeast Nutrients, Citric Acid, Fining Agents (without Honey)

Mead doesn't depend on the harvest: honey is available all year round, and a winter evening is enough to start the batch. This set contains everything except honey and water for a mead of 10 to 20 liters: yeast, nutrients, acid and fining agents.

The mead yeast is a pure culture yeast for very sugar-rich batches such as mead, Auslese and ice wine; according to the manufacturer, it ferments up to about 8 to 10 % vol, so the mead tends to stay sweet. For a drier, stronger mead, the port wine yeast (up to about 16 % vol) is the better choice. Honey alone ferments poorly because it lacks nutrients; that's why two are included: the combined yeast nutrient of DAP, inactive yeasts and vitamin B1, as well as yeast nutrient salt. The citric acid gives the mead freshness. For clarifying after fermentation, you combine gelatin and silica sol; the order depends on the tannin (low in tannin: silica sol first, rich in tannin: gelatin first), a preliminary trial decides. The manufacturer's 1:5 ratio applies to 30 % silica sol; with 15 % silica sol it is about 1:10.

Included in the set

• 1 × Joenos Wine Yeast Auriva, 5 g for mead & Auslese, 10-50 l (Item no. SKU-100244): mead yeast, 5 g for 10 to 50 liters, optimal fermentation temperature according to the manufacturer 19 to 23 °C.
• 1 × Joenos Yeast Nutrient Complex 10 g for Fermentation Support (Item no. SKU-111675): combined preparation, suspend in 10 times the amount of water, at most 12 g per 10 liters.
• 1 × Joenos Yeast Nutrient Salt 10 g, Diammonium Phosphate for the Fermentation Start (Item no. SKU-100222): diammonium phosphate for about 10 liters, stir in when starting the batch.
• 1 × Joenos Pure Citric Acid, 10 g for Acidifying Must & Wine (Item no. SKU-103603): dissolve in 10 times the amount of water and add according to taste and the package instructions.
• 1 × Joenos Gelatin 10 g for Fining & Tannin Correction of Wine (Item no. SKU-100229): instantly soluble edible gelatin, add first.
• 1 × Joenos Silica Sol 15%, 100 ml vegan fining agent for wine (Item no. SKU-100231): mineral fining agent, add after the gelatin; for wine, mead and juice.

Not included are honey, fermentation vessel and airlock. The free Maischewerk booklet “Making Mead at Home” guides you through a 10-liter batch with all quantities, temperatures and times: maischewerk.de/pages/anleitungen.

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