[native-nutrition] Re: Fermenting honey water with kefir grains
- Subject: Re: Fermenting honey water with kefir grains
- From: Pratick Mukherjee <pratickmukherjee@...>
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 16:07:10 -0700 (PDT)
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Heidi --
Dead yeast makes a great yeast nutrient, I've heard,
which is one reason I leave the "dregs" and use them for
the next batch. I think it is minerals the yeast need?
You could make a yeast "starter" ... ferment the kefir grains
in something easy to ferment, like that brown cloudy apple cider
(the clouds are pectin etc. which help feed the yeast!).
I added "brewer's yeast" - a brown powder I got from the grocery store.
I couldn't find the yeast hulls that the online receipe calls for.
But I think I may have screwed-up the mead.
It now smells pretty bad, and I don't know if the right kind of fermentation is going on,
or the wrong kind.
I also added some lime juice.
Do you think the yeast might have spoilt it?
The kefir beer, thankfully, seems to be ok - I didn't add any yeast to it, just some lime
juice.
-Pratick
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