How to make Mead

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (5)

ten gallons of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
two lemons of honey ↝ Honey [Sweets]
a handful of raced ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
two lemons ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]
two or three spoonfuls of good yeaſt ↝ Yeast [Not included in a food category]

Instructions (2)

To ten gallons of water, put two lemons of honey, and a handful of raced ginger; then cut two lemons in pieces, and put them into it, boil it very well, keep it ſkimming; let it ſtand all night in the ſame veſſel you boil it in, the next morning barrel it up, with two or three ſpoonfuls of good yeaſt.
About three weeks or a month after you may bottle it.

Original Text

How to make Mead.
To ten gallons of water, put two lemons of honey, and a handful of raced ginger; then cut two lemons in pieces, and put them into it, boil it very well, keep it ſkimming; let it ſtand all night in the ſame veſſel you boil it in, the next morning barrel it up, with two or three ſpoonfuls of good yeaſt. About three weeks or a month after you may bottle it.

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