Honey is a less fermentable sugar and protein soup, so it would be harder on the yeast. I have used it to back sweeten without adding K sorbate to use this trait.Can I use honey to do so? or will I risk contamination? Thank you
Yeast get used to eating the same food so switching type of sugar will stress the yeast, it would work better if the yeast were already acclimated to honey.
Honey has low nutritional value so you are more dependent on Fermaid.
Honey has protein in it which acts as a cloud agent, however this may not be important, other than one jug where I used a pear juice backbone dandelion has been hard for me to clear.
Contamination is not an issue, wine at pH less than 3.5 with 11% alcohol and no oxygen is a preservative system.
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