Today we’re putting 20 different well known beer, wine and mead yeasts to the test to see which one is the best for mead making! Below you will find a list of all the yeasts and a ton of notes from this test! We brewed up a traditional mead for this test, so we are not dealing with any fruit characters or anything like that. As part of this video I wanted to deep dive into each yeast and give you some information about them. Hopefully by the end of the video you’ve learned more about these yeasts and found out some information on how to best use them.
Here are the yeasts featured:
Safale S-04
Safale US-05
SafCider AB-1
Mangrove Jacks M05
Bread Yeast
Lalvin EC-1118
Lalvin D47
Lalvin 71B-1122
Lalvin BM 4x4
Lalvin QA23
Lalvin Bourgovin RC212
Lalvin K1-V1116
Red Star Premiere Cuvee
Red Star Premiere Blanc
Red Star Premiere Rouge
Red Star Premiere Cote Des Blancs
Red Star Premiere Classique
Kveik Hornindal
Kveik Lutra
Kveik Voss
The Composite Notes from the Whole Test: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PBI0GbGWOdc1rELxIDatT2jXzQMpKmJvVDtKJzPYn3M/edit?usp=sharing
Judges Scores & Notes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_AyJl9CLdmdWng7KBfNqhJ7o4L_2B0GSgHxii7UFMWo/edit?usp=sharing
Judges Scores Only: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ByDdOHvuwZHNM5EDbqdHHOg1v5jeV0RLRhBLVuiVGBg/edit?usp=sharing
The Top 20 Scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZFa6yGKzRQrKAF4Ro-zjvCD3FRmSq-eI1E3oRYCX01E/edit?usp=sharing
Special thanks to all of my friends who helped taste test these 20 meads! We tasted them at the year mark and while it was a fun tasting… it was also a bit grueling! Make sure you subscribe and hit like on this video. These tests aren’t cheap and they take a lot of work. That simple act of clicking both the subscribe and like button are greatly appreciated!
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Timestamps for Video:
0:00 Introduction & Honeys Used
0:19 Starting the Test
0:37 Yeast Nutrition & Prep
1:40 Fermentation Temperatures
2:07 The Goal
2:30 Steps After the Primary Fermentation
3:20 Stabilizing & Backsweetening Each Brew
4:05 Bottling & Prepping the Big Tasting
5:18 Talking About My Honey Choices
6:45 How the Tastings Worked
8:00 The Yeasts Featured
9:05 The Scores
10:37 Top 20 Ranking
13:40 Safale S-04 Information & Tasting Notes
15:03 Safale US-05 Information & Tasting Notes
15:53 Safcider AB-1 Information & Tasting Notes
16:34 Mangrove Jacks M05 Information & Tasting Notes
17:33 Bread Yeast Information & Tasting Notes
18:10 Lalvin EC-118 Information & Tasting Notes
19:27 Lalvin D47 Information & Tasting Notes
20:36 Lalvin 71B-1122 Information & Tasting Notes
22:38 Lalvin BM4x4 Information & Tasting Notes
23:35 Lalvin QA23 Information & Tasting Notes
24:55 Lalvin Bourgovin RC212 Information & Tasting Notes
26:04 Lalvin K1-V1116 Information & Tasting Notes
27:10 Red Star Premiere Cuvee Information & Tasting Notes
27:55 Red Star Premiere Blanc Information & Tasting Notes
28:40 Red Star Premiere Rouge Information & Tasting Notes
29:25 Red Star Premiere Cote Des Blancs Information & Tasting Notes
30:24 Red Star Premiere Classique Information & Tasting Notes
31:20 Fermenting Kveiks
31:55 Kveik Hornindal Information & Tasting Notes
32:45 Kveik Lutra Information & Tasting Notes
33:39 Kveik Voss Information & Tasting Notes
34:45 Compiled Best Yeast for Each Mead Style
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