Title: Larry's Meade
Categories: Beverages Blank
Yield: 5 Gallons
| 3 | g | Water |
| 5 | lb | Honey |
| 18 | pk | Earl Grey Tea |
| 1/2 | ts | Ground ginger |
| 2 | ts | Cinnamon |
| 1/2 | ts | Ground allspice |
| 1/2 | ts | Ground cloves |
| 1/2 | ts | Ground nutmeg |
| 1 | pk | Champagne yeast |
Steep tea in 1/2 gallon of the water. Remove bags after tea is at strength
desired. Add to rest of water. Bring to a boil, add spices. Remove from
heat and stir in honey. Cover mixture and set aside to cool. This can take
a long time. Make a yeast starter solution by boiling a cup of water and a
tablespoon or two of honey. When cooled to about 85 degrees, add yeast.
When meade mixture is cooled to at least 85 degrees, add started, Rack in
the primary with a blow-by or fermentaion lock. Leave it in the primary at
least 1 month. * Move to a secondary for another month. * then bottle. *
During this time, whenever sediment in the container becomes heavy, at
least a quarter inch thick, filter the contents and rerack. Bottle when
liquid is clear and golden.