hist-brewing: Sweetening meads and hydrometer questions

[PBLoomis at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/14/00 9:23:52 AM Central Daylight Time, 
WyteRayven at aol.com writes:

> In talking to them, it seems that the mead is
>  fine, but I just don't care for the taste that the champagne yeast 
imparts, 
> so
>  I will be searching for a yeast that I like. 
>  
>  For me this is a major break through. I have poured so many batches down 
the
>  drain thinking that I was doing something wrong, or that I had some sort of
>  infection that kept happening
>
    Wonderful!  Champagne yeast is supposed to add little or no flavor 
of it's own, but obviously some taste buds are more discriminating than 
others.  I've been using Wyeast's "Dry Mead" and it seems to speak to 
my taste buds, but I'll be interested to hear what you settle on.
    Let us know,
    Scotti

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