What would the outcome of kegging a Sweet Mead wine?

Question

I have fermented a 5 gllon Batch of Raspberry Honey wine and I dont bottle .What would happen if I put it in a 5 gallon keg and force carbonated it.

Answer 1

Go for it. The outcome will be the same. Well nearly the same. Unless you use a 0.5 micron carbonating stone you will get large bubbles as apposed to the small natural ones. But none the less it will be nicely drinkable.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I've force carbonated a lot of mead.  It's the way to go as you control exactly how carbonated it'll end up.  Also, the bubbles are a nice sensation on the tongue.

Answer 4

As long as you like sparkling meads, it will work just fine.  Personally, I like still meads.  You can do either in a keg, but still meads you need to be careful to keep your PSI low or it will carbonate over time.

I understand your desire to keg instead of bottle.  Buying a kegging system was the single best decision I have ever made in pursuit of my homebrewing hobby.  No more bottle cleaning, and it's SO much easier than filling bottles.  I would say, however, in the case of my meads I still like to get out the old bottle filler and put it to work.  A couple of reasons:

1. With a fruit mead using raspberry, the color is so fantastic that I like to use clear bottles.  (No hops in a mead, so no problem using the clear bottles.)  It looks positively brilliant.  

2. A mead is drink with certain gravity (pun intended), it just feels right to me to uncork a bottle of mead rather than pull a tap handle.

3. Mead changes significantly with age.  I love to try a bottle or two every few months to see how it changes with time.

Just my two cents.  I think you'll be happy however you decide to approach it!

Answer 5

sounds good, save me a glass.