LJ
Girl I LOVE YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m getting the stuff to make the honey wine tonight!
Honey Wine
Makes 1 Gallon [US Gallon]
3 Pounds Honey - Any Kind [Just substitute maple syrup for the honey]
1 Large Lemon Juiced [Only use the juice]
1 Tablespoon very strong English Breakfast Tea
1 Large pinch of bread crumbs
1 Package of good wine yeast [”good” means a strong alcohol content]
Fill a pot half way with clean water [basically, if you can drink it, it tastes good, and you don’t get sick from it], and bring it to a boil. Turn of the heat and add everything except the yeast. Stir to mix everything real good. Let sit for 20 to 30 minutes [I assume uncovered, as this is what I have done and everything turns out fine]. After the wait, fill the pot to make one gallon, stir, and put into the bubbler [the fermenter with an air lock]. When the brew is room temperature, float the yeast [sprinkle the yeast - not mixing it in] and add the top [put the air lock back on the fermenter].
Let sit kicking away [producing CO2, or bubbling] for one month. After a month, pour [siphon] the green wine [fermented solution] into another bubbler [a secondary fermenter with an air lock you can get at a wine supply or off the net] and let sit until clear. Once it is clear [about 2 to 6 months] bottle the new [not aged] wine. Let the wine sit for as long as you can so the flavor will loose it’s bite [let the mead age for about 6 months to a year in the bottles].
My pleasure! Wine making is fun. When we made it we experimented with different flavors. Some were winners and some weren’t, yet it was always fun to wait and see what we got.