What would the outcome of kegging a Sweet Mead wine?!
I have fermented a 5 gllon Batch of Raspberry Honey wine and I dont bottle !.What would happen if I put it in a 5 gallon keg and force carbonated it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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As long as you like sparkling meads, it will work just fine!. Personally, I like still meads!. You can do either in a keg, but still meads you need to be careful to keep your PSI low or it will carbonate over time!.
I understand your desire to keg instead of bottle!. Buying a kegging system was the single best decision I have ever made in pursuit of my homebrewing hobby!. No more bottle cleaning, and it's SO much easier than filling bottles!. I would say, however, in the case of my meads I still like to get out the old bottle filler and put it to work!. A couple of reasons:
1!. With a fruit mead using raspberry, the color is so fantastic that I like to use clear bottles!. (No hops in a mead, so no problem using the clear bottles!.) It looks positively brilliant!.
2!. A mead is drink with certain gravity (pun intended), it just feels right to me to uncork a bottle of mead rather than pull a tap handle!.
3!. Mead changes significantly with age!. I love to try a bottle or two every few months to see how it changes with time!.
Just my two cents!. I think you'll be happy however you decide to approach it!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I understand your desire to keg instead of bottle!. Buying a kegging system was the single best decision I have ever made in pursuit of my homebrewing hobby!. No more bottle cleaning, and it's SO much easier than filling bottles!. I would say, however, in the case of my meads I still like to get out the old bottle filler and put it to work!. A couple of reasons:
1!. With a fruit mead using raspberry, the color is so fantastic that I like to use clear bottles!. (No hops in a mead, so no problem using the clear bottles!.) It looks positively brilliant!.
2!. A mead is drink with certain gravity (pun intended), it just feels right to me to uncork a bottle of mead rather than pull a tap handle!.
3!. Mead changes significantly with age!. I love to try a bottle or two every few months to see how it changes with time!.
Just my two cents!. I think you'll be happy however you decide to approach it!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I've force carbonated a lot of mead!. It's the way to go as you control exactly how carbonated it'll end up!. also, the bubbles are a nice sensation on the tongue!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Go for it!. The outcome will be the same!. Well nearly the same!. Unless you use a 0!.5 micron carbonating stone you will get large bubbles as apposed to the small natural ones!. But none the less it will be nicely drinkable!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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sounds good, save me a glass!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
