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Recipe

 

Yield

1 gallon

Prep

15 min

Cook

30 min

Ready

1 min
Low Fat, Fat-Free, Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, Very low in sodium, Low Sodium

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 gallon water
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4 pounds honey
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6 each cloves
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2 sticks cinnamon
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1 each lemon
juice and peel of
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1 teaspoon yeast, active dry
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
3.8 l water
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1.8 kg honey
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6 each cloves
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226 g cinnamon
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1 each lemon
juice and peel of
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5 ml yeast, active dry
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Directions

In a large nonreactive pot, add the next four ingredients to the gallon of water.

Boil all together for 30 minutes, then strain into a crock that will hold it with a little room to spare.

When cooled, add the yeast, dissolved in some of the liquid.

Allow to ferment in a cool place - 55 degrees is ideal - until it ceases bubbling and the liquor clears, then bottle, cap tightly and store in a cool, dark cellar.

It should not be used for at least a month, and longer is better.

Mead unlike many other drinks, does not improve with really long aging, so it should be consumed within a year of the time it was made.



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Comments


Marc

You are wrong on the issue with Aging. Mead does improve significantly with Age by getting rid of all the tastes that the yeast leave behind. Most meads of notability are aged for at least 10 years.

Sean

Marc is right, mead should be aged at least 6 months before drinking preferably over one year.

damon

Marc and Sean are both right, mead does improve with age lol

bill

Marc, Sean, and Damon are right, It will greatly benefit from aging. I made a 5 gal batch 4 years ago, and have tried 3 so far (let sit for a year, cracked 1st bottle, next year, another bottle), and it is aging WONDERFULLY....with significant changes ")

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 467g (16.5 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 13850% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 19mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 125g 125%
Dietary Fiber 1g 5%
Sugars g
Protein 4g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 13%
Calcium 3% Iron 12%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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