Honey Mead

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 15 quarts honey
• 10 gallons water
• 7 1/2 ounces hops or 15 winemaker's compressed yeast cakes
• 1 quart brandy or 1 quart sherry wine

Recipe

• 1 add honey to water and boil 45 minutes.
• 2 add hops and boil 30 additional minutes (or if using yeast, cool to lukewarn and crumble yeast into it).
• 3 let stand overnight.
• 4 add brandy or sack and pour into a large crock or cask.
• 5 cover with an oversized lid and let stand until fermentation is complete.
• 6 cover tightly and seal.
• 7 let stand a year; bottle.