I've been talking about Mead for the past while so I figured I would toss in a basic Mead Recipe I dug up The wonderful thing I noticed is no mention of Sulphites:
Ingredients:
4 lbs. honey
1/2 tsp. tannin powder
2 tsp. citric acid
1-1/2 tsp. yeast nutrient
1 packet sherry-type yeast
Step by Step:
Prepare the yeast starter in advance to activate the yeast. Suspend yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water (100° F, 37.8° C), until bubbly. Place honey in the initial fermentation vessel or bucket and fill up to 1 gal. with hot water. When cool (70° F, 21.1° C) add the tannin, nutrient and acid, and stir well to dissolve, then add the activated yeast. Cover closely. After seven days, transfer to a demijohn, topping up to the shoulder with cooled, boiled water if necessary. Fit bung and airlock and keep in a warm place. Ferment to completion. Rack from the lees when mead is star-bright. (Recipe courtesy of "Step by Step Homemade Wine" by Judith Irwin, Quadrillion Publishing Inc.)
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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