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Mead - M.B.
Created by webmaster, Tuesday, 30 November 1999
Ingredients
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Mead
Makes
1 gallon
4 lbs honey
0.25 oz citric acid
2 Tbsn of freshly made tea
1 tspn grape tannin
Yeast nutrient
Brewer's yeast
Methods/steps
Bring half a gallon of water to the boil, stir in honey and simmer for 30 mins.

When cool enough, transfer to your fermentation vessel and add a further 4 pints of water (previously boiled) with the citric acid and tea or tannin.

Allow to cool to 19 - 21 centigrade, (65 - 70 F) and add the yeast with nutrient.

After the main fermentation (7-10 days) rack into gallon container and add air-lock.

When the fermentation has ended rack into bottles and store.

LEAVE AT LEAST 12 WEEKS BEFORE SAMPLING!

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“He had asked us what we wanted to drink, wine or terracina, which is rice wine (cervisia), or caracosmos, which is clarified mares milk, or bal which is honey mead. For in winter they make use of these four kinds of drinks.”-'A Mission to the Great Khan', by William of Rubruck, c 1253-4
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