Bread yeast meads: How did they age? Tasting 5 meads 1.5 years later!

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@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

Make good mead - get my book: dointhemost.org/book

@ManMadeMead 7 ай бұрын

I love bread yeast!

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

A wild merch opportunity appeared

@InsanityPlusOne 7 ай бұрын

Honestly considering using mead yeast for baking instead of ever touching bread yeast again, I'm sure mead yeast could rise a pizza dough

@Helliconia54 7 ай бұрын

I ONLY use "bread" yeast for wines and meads. Can't complain Out Tanadco brand ferments out to 15%ABV floculates well, and has NO off flavours.

@brianprince3110 7 ай бұрын

Now make bread with wine yeast. And compare.😁

@dwadeweallin17 7 ай бұрын

Great way to address the folks that think that age heals all wounds. The yeast is yeast crowd needs to see these videos. They need to experience a side by side with bread yeast vs a lutra/qa23 in a dry mead to see how the yeast really contributes. Bread yeast is great for bread and boiling for a nutrient in places where nutrients aren’t available. Thanks for providing the community with these videos!

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad to at least feel a little bit validated in using bread yeast specifically for making delicious alcohol. Glad to have the opportunity to make these videos, too!

@pancakerizer 7 ай бұрын

I know MMM likes to tell you to try things yourself, but like... Isn't it sometimes just better to stand on the shoulders of giants? I'm never going to make a test this comprehensive and impressive, and I doubt anyone else watching this is, either.

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

It was as much to settle my own curiosity, as to share what I found with you all! After years of hearing people say, “just use bread yeast,” I wanted to really know how it would turn out. Thanks for tuning in!

@pancakerizer 7 ай бұрын

@@DointheMost Oh no, I'm not complaining, this is a great test! I'm just saying that I'm never going to do as thorough of a bread yeast test, and unless I think you're lying or are delusional, it's probably just better for me to explore other avenues than bread yeast in order to become the best mead maker possible.

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

@@pancakerizer oh, I didn’t think you were complaining! Sorry if my reply gave that impression. 🥂

@roman9509 7 ай бұрын

No non-bread yeast control. That’s a bummer man

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

The purpose was not to compare bread yeast to wine yeast, it was to compare bread yeast to each other.

@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors 7 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Thanks for doing this.

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@kritter10 7 ай бұрын

You need to do blinds of a mix of different yeasts. That would be interesting!!

@TigerPat_9180 7 ай бұрын

Really Appreciate Your Video , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Tiger 🐯 Pat 🤠

@TigerPat_9180 7 ай бұрын

Well , Let Me Ask You A Question ❓. Let's Say I Wanted To Enter A Mead For Judging 🧐 , After They've Aged Properly. My Favorite 2 Would be Muscadine , Scuppernong Blend . & Figs . What Yeast & Honey 🍯 Would Give Them The Best Chance To Showcase Their Flavors ? As They Stand Now , I Wouldn't be Scared or Ashamed To Put Them Up Against Anybody's . But , I Want To Give Them The Best Chance . What Say You On The Yeast & Honey 🍯 To Go With Them 2 Fruit ? 🐯🤠

@TigerPat_9180 7 ай бұрын

P.S. I Would Be Cooking Both of Those 2 Fruit , As Is Customary & Tradition , for Generations , In This Part of the Country Anyway . Before Fermentation and After . To Go In Secondary Or Conditioning . If That's Any Help To Know , Or Make An Option . ALL Suggestions Would be Appreciated ☺️. 🐯🤠

@crh3401 7 ай бұрын

This might be a silly question but can you use 2/3 honey and 1/3 brown sugar? I've thought about trying this.

@garrettsavory 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this. I'm convinced to not bother with bread yeast for mead/wine brewing unless it's the only option. Decent wine yeast is available and affordable for me. It would have been interesting if you had made a mead with the same honey and a commonly used wine yeast, such as EC-1118, to compare the bread yeast mead to.

@FaewoodMead 7 ай бұрын

I didn't even realize there were so many bread yeasts - I need to try some of these out for actual bread making 😂

@bobbyblazes4398 7 ай бұрын

The boys are out doing the deep dive for us! Salute

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

Cheers! Happy weekend!

@bobbyblazes4398 7 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Cheers @DointheMost

@juliaharbeck774 7 ай бұрын

I have only used bread yeast once on Joes ancient orange and hated it. It's been over a year and it is drinkable but still not a favorite. So many great yeasts out there I can't imagine using bread yeast in anything but bread after this.

@alexlarsen6413 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this. I know about the "yeast is yeast" attitude but have never brewed anything with bread yeast myself, and after seeing this I honestly don't see why would I, lol!

@riukrobu 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating.

@gregj1789 7 ай бұрын

I love when you 2 collab! And may I say, MMM has a lovely head of hair, and BC your beard length is just great!

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

Haha. Thanks man!

@gregj1789 7 ай бұрын

@@DointheMostThat’s right! I didn’t want to leave you male brewers left out after reading those comments on Faewood Mead last night…lol

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

@@gregj1789 lmao

@rohloffj 7 ай бұрын

Or just spend the extra $1.50 for wine yeast?!? Hopefully this will guide people the right (best) direction

@Biedrik4 7 ай бұрын

Two thoughts: 1. Bread yeast is actually bad for beginners because of how poorly it flocculates. Beginners want clarity and are often curious about how long it takes to achieve. Bread yeast only makes this harder. 2. The whole viking larp makes even less sense when you consider that Scandinavia hasn't been relevant to mead for centuries. It ignores the equally fascinating history of mead in eastern Europe, which is still a living tradition.

@DointheMost 7 ай бұрын

Dropping some truth bombs, I love it. Happy brewing!

@captainsalmonslayer 3 ай бұрын

If you are seriously committed and had nothing but bread yeast and time I suppose you could collect and reuse the flocculated bread yeast from primary artificially selecting over many generations for flocculation.