knotquiteawake
Well-Known Member
I traded some computer work for a sample of a staff member's mead at my old work and was really impressed. It smelled very alcoholic but tasted amazing! I asked him about it and he gave me this recipie from some "Tastes of Anglo-Saxon England" book. I'm wondering what you guys think about it, it says its good to drink in 1-2 months.
3/4 gallon water
1.5lbs Mulberries (or any other berry)
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2lb Raisins
1/4oz dry active/Wine yeast
1.5lbs of Honey
1 gallon glass jug
stopper
The directions summarized are to:
1. Crush fruit and cover in sugar and 6 cups of water and let sit overnight
2. strain fruit and get as much juice from it as possible, simmer juice for 3 min to sterilize
3. Boil Honey with remaining 6 cups of water for 20min.
4. Combine the juice and Honey and let cool
5. Add raisins and honey/juice to jar
6. Add yeast
7. after two weeks transfer to clean jug straining out the raisins
8. after another week rack to another clean jug being careful not to disturb the sediment.
9. Bottle in one or two months when it has stopped fermenting.
The guy said that after the 1-2 months its totally drinkable, from what i tasted I would agree.
3/4 gallon water
1.5lbs Mulberries (or any other berry)
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2lb Raisins
1/4oz dry active/Wine yeast
1.5lbs of Honey
1 gallon glass jug
stopper
The directions summarized are to:
1. Crush fruit and cover in sugar and 6 cups of water and let sit overnight
2. strain fruit and get as much juice from it as possible, simmer juice for 3 min to sterilize
3. Boil Honey with remaining 6 cups of water for 20min.
4. Combine the juice and Honey and let cool
5. Add raisins and honey/juice to jar
6. Add yeast
7. after two weeks transfer to clean jug straining out the raisins
8. after another week rack to another clean jug being careful not to disturb the sediment.
9. Bottle in one or two months when it has stopped fermenting.
The guy said that after the 1-2 months its totally drinkable, from what i tasted I would agree.