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minus-squarekindnesskills@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoIn my foggy memory, mead tasted like very sweet beer, so I assumed some grain would be involved, but perhaps not. If the flavour comes only from honey (and the process), it’ll probably be a lot harder to imitate.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoRaw honey has a lot of flavor. And beer has barley and hops for flavor. Also the yeast contributes a lot. There are so many varieties of yeast. But the problem with pure sugar is that it’s one dimensional. The yeast go into overdrive and starts spitting out off flavors.
In my foggy memory, mead tasted like very sweet beer, so I assumed some grain would be involved, but perhaps not.
If the flavour comes only from honey (and the process), it’ll probably be a lot harder to imitate.
Raw honey has a lot of flavor. And beer has barley and hops for flavor.
Also the yeast contributes a lot. There are so many varieties of yeast.
But the problem with pure sugar is that it’s one dimensional. The yeast go into overdrive and starts spitting out off flavors.