Sweet Mead

Directions

1. 1
   put honey with an equal amount of water in a pan. Heat to just below a boil. skim off foam until foam changes from yellow to white. them turn off heat.
2. 2
   Cover pan and allow to cool
3. 3
   after mix has cooled add lemon or orange juice.
4. 4
   pour mix into 1 gallon glass carboy and add water to bring volume to one gallon
5. 5
   add yeast and seal carboy with fermentation lock.
6. 6
   place carboy in dark location with a steady temperature.
7. 7
   allow mix to ferment until there are no bubbles coming out the fermentation lock. This will take 2 to 6 months.
8. 8
   bottle
9. 9
   allow bottles to age for at least one year