2 to 3 lbs honey per gallon, water, yeast nutrient, DAP, yeast & time in a dark, temprature stable evironment (like a cool closet). This should give you a medium show mead. A good varietal honey like orange blossom or teupelo (sp?) would really make a show mead stand out. I find clover and alfalfa honey to be pretty generic & I tend to save those for melomels. I've had bad luck with "wildflower" honey & I won't use it anymore; other people have had great results with "wildflower" honey, so I'm thinking it's something local, like knapweed; great on toast, but not so good fermented.
Also, have a look at the recipe database:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f80/
And/or Gotmead.com:
http://www.gotmead.com/
You might read Ken Schramm's The Compleat Meadmaker, It really will help to answer a lot of questions you haven't even thought to ask yet, hope that helps.
Regards, GF.
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