I like my mead strong, so I usually follow this one. Its a very simple
recipe, but I've gotten nothing but great reviews.
Ingredients:
1 gallon Water
4 pounds Honey
6 sticks Cloves
2 sticks Cinnamon
1 Lemon, juice & peel
1 teaspoon Active dry yeast
Directions:
In a large nonreactive pot, add the next four ingredients to the gallon
of water. Boil all together for 30 minutes, then strain into a crock
that will hold it with a little room to spare. When cooled, add the
yeast, dissolved in some of the liquid. Allow to ferment in a cool
place - 55 degrees is ideal - until it ceases bubbling and the liquor
clears, then bottle, cap tightly and store in a cool, dark cellar. It
should not be used for at least a month, and longer is better. Mead
unlike many other drinks, does not improve with really long aging, so
it should be consumed within a year of the time it was made. ;+} ***
Stalking the Wild Asparagus -- by Euell Gibbons *** * Van Rees Press,
New York 1962 *
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