Honey Mead

Ingredients

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

Directions

1. 1

   Add honey to water and boil 45 minutes.

2. 2

   Add hops and boil 30 additional minutes (or if using yeast, cool to lukewarn and crumble yeast into it).

3. 3

   Let stand overnight.

4. 4

   Add brandy or sack and pour into a large crock or cask.

5. 5

   Cover with an oversized lid and let stand until fermentation is complete.

6. 6

   Cover tightly and seal.

7. 7

   Let stand a year; bottle.