Wine Yeast for Mead?

[ClownPrince]

Hi Forum,

Quick question, probably been asked before.

I'm planning on making Mead this weekend.
I don't have any Mead Yeast in.
I've seen people use Champagne Yeast for Mead.
I don't have that.

I do have some Wilko Universal Wine Yeast. Will this do the job?

 

[Mr_S_Jerusalem]

I reckon that stuff will do the job fine. There’s a special mead yeast that crossmyloof do but frankly, as long as the one you have has a good alcohol tolerance I’m sure it’ll be fine.

I mean, Mead is basically honey wine, right? And you’ve got a wine yeast innit. Bish bash bosh.


Don’t forget the nutrient!

 

[johncrobinson]

Really DONT forget the nutrient.

 

[LED_ZEP]

I used the wilko yeast a few times for mead and worked fine.

 

[johncrobinson]

Just made a wee drop of mead 1ltr, using bakers yeast for an experiment.
It fermented fine but i am not sure the taste is the best.