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New guy here, with first batch under way.

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Don't knock the bread yeast, I think it's still a cerevisae, just one developed for different qualities... some of my favourite meads have been made with bread yeast. The fun thing with Joe's is it breaks all the rules and it still works.
 
Inkvine said:
Very new here and very green as far as Mead goes, I first tasted it about 6 months ago and was facinated. I bought the e-book version of Complete mead making because I couldnt wait for it to be shipped. I am also supplementing by reading tons on the web. I keep hearing about how fantastic Joe's ancient orange is for the beginer, but I must admit the idea of using bread yeast is kinda frightening (don't get me wrong I'm not a snob or anything) It just goes against a lot of what I read about. So I would love to hear how your batch turns out. I would also love to try something with blueberries, I was eyeballing the Blue Heaven recipe, but will have to calculate for 1 gallon batch. I am waiting for my supplies to arrive in the mail, can't wait to get started.
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Hi there Inkvine,

Welcome to GOTMEAD?


Here is a link to my JAO meadlog, with scores from last years Mazer Cup.
 
mmclean said:
Hi there Inkvine,

Welcome to GOTMEAD?


Here is a link to my JAO meadlog, with scores from last years Mazer Cup.
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Thanks very much for the welcome and the link to your very informative JAO log. Congrats on the successful outcome of your experimenting. I hope you have many more. (with highly documented details for us beginners of course);}

Chevette Girl said:
Don't knock the bread yeast, I think it's still a cerevisae, just one developed for different qualities... some of my favourite meads have been made with bread yeast. The fun thing with Joe's is it breaks all the rules and it still works.
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Thanks for the reply. Not Knocking just eyeballing suspiciously. Its confusing when your new and you read one thing that sounds logical, but is soundly contradicted by something else you read. But that is why I'm here, to bask in the warm glow of the collective knowledge. I think I will try a batch of the Joe's and put those suspicions to rest permenantly.
 
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