Id like a looksee, please (he says while taking a big draught of mead that finished two days ago).
Mmmmm....Mead!
How long before the Feds want us to register our home brews? Re: Our conversation about tagging our chickens, earlier today! B@stards.
Diana's Dandelion Wine
(Makes about a gallon)
1 gallon dandelion blossoms (pick them right after they've opened, early in the morning and cut the stem as close as you can so you don't get any of the icky Dandelion Milk in with your blossoms. (Need I say to use Dandelions that AREN'T sprayed? Didn't think so.) I use a clean gallon milk jug and fill 'er up with blossoms.
*1 gallon hot water (I usually bring a gallon of water to just this side of boiling)
*Juice of 1 lemon
*3 oranges, peeled and sliced
*4 lbs of sugar
*1 cake of yeast (or one packet, or 2&1/4 tsps.)
Combine water and blossoms in a crock or in your big glass carboy. Let stand for 24 hours, then strain.
Then add the rest of the ingredients in one large crock or put it back into the carboy. Let the mixture set for 3 weeks in a cool, dark place then bottle.
Age the bottles for at least 2 months. Enjoy!