I wanted to take the best of both worlds on this one. From what I have gathered... The pith is a hard thing to deal with, so OMITTED. Instead of raisins I used Dried Cherries. Also, to prevent oversweetness I used 3lbs of honey to the 3.5lbs. The recipe looks like.
3lbs Honey
The zest of 1 orange
1 Orange sliced and peeled
1 clove
1 cinnimon stick
25 dried cherries
1 pack bread yeast
Note: I did not rehydrate the yeast and this is on of the best fermentations I have ever seen. It has stayed strong for the past 3 days. I do plan to rerack when it clears. I know there is a certain satisfaction about having the mead in the same form as it was a long time ago... but I do think that with modern technology we can improve upon it a little bit...
3lbs Honey
The zest of 1 orange
1 Orange sliced and peeled
1 clove
1 cinnimon stick
25 dried cherries
1 pack bread yeast
Note: I did not rehydrate the yeast and this is on of the best fermentations I have ever seen. It has stayed strong for the past 3 days. I do plan to rerack when it clears. I know there is a certain satisfaction about having the mead in the same form as it was a long time ago... but I do think that with modern technology we can improve upon it a little bit...