Fermentation in Honey with Hops
Hop to it!
This project will investigate the effects of adding hops to honey during the fermentation process of brewing mead. Samples will be prepared according to established mead recipes from local businesses, and the hop addition is adapted from a cider recipe with similar aims. The final products will be compared with mead sourced from other local meaderies in New England to compare flavor profiles by metabolic analysis. Our goal is to improve the fermentation process and provide insight into alternative flavor profiles that are available to the local community.
$5
Nectar Nurturer
Assisting our project at any level will allow us to expand the project with more replicates and samples, to better understand hopping effects on mead.
$50
Honey Helper
Provides us with funding for purchasing honey and hops for the initial experiment.
$100
Honeywine Herald
This level will provide funding for lab materials and standards to test the concentration of metabolites, giving a quantitative comparison.
$250
Keeper of the Hive
This donation amount will be able to fund multiple standards, providing a more in-depth analysis of the hopping effects on mead.
