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21stMaking Mead in NYC
October 21, 2012 Rosehips in water Most people only drink mead at Renaissance Faires. Unless they’re Ethiopian, in which case they drink their honey wine with delicious food. APK had never had mead, and I’d just come from the Maryland Renaissance Faire where the Bee Folks sell delicious honey and also, MEAD MAKING KITS! Things you need: Gallon of spring water 2 jars of honey (~2 pounds/3 cups) spices and things like yeast (could be from a kit) Simmering pot with lid, 2 quarts+ Funnel & tiny strainer & cup measure Bottles or somewhere else exciting to put your finished mead Making mead is not all that dissimilar from making beer. It just involves yeast, honey, and flavorings. Because the items that bees collect influences the flavor of honey so much, making mead gives you the opportunity to mix and match flavors of spices with the flavor of honey you choose. Here were the herbs and spices in our mead! Rosehips, Woodruff Herb, Meadowsweet Herb, Hawthorn Herb & Flower, and Red Clover Flower. To complement this flowery mix, I picked Wildflower honey. Wildflower honey probably has the sweetest, floweriest taste so I hoped that the mead would be extra sweet! You start off with a gallon of spring water. It makes your life easier to just “shell out” the money for a gallon, because it then gives you a place for your mead to ferment. While you’re reading this, fill your sink with warm water and […]