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RE: Homebrew mead recipe and report (part 1/2)
Mhh I never tried cyser so I can only guess...
The ingredients you add later in the fermentation process will dominate the taste. So maybe instead of adding solely honey you add apple juice as well.
But just be careful because adding fruit juice after the fact can cause more fermentation (boom!)
A lot of people do not realize that fruit and raw honey have built in yeast. I'm about to test a batch in fact that will have ZERO extra yeast added. It will be raw honey with organic raisins.
You can search for YT videos on how people "make their own yeast" with just water and raisins/grapes. They are not making anything. The yeast, fungi, are already on the fruit.
The same is true for honey. The fungi are already in it. Therefore, we should be able to put honey, spring water, raisins, and any other fruit we want in a container and have it slowly ferment. Sure, it will not be as fast as usual, but it should work.
On a YT video I watched a couple days ago, a guy was reading from a book written in 1736 that had a mead recipe in it. The recipe specifically said adding yeast was optional. They probably didn't know why back then, but that's because the honey already had yeast.