Beer Style: Open Category Mead
(26C)
Recipe Type: other
Yield: 5 US gallons
This is based on H.E. Bravery's Rose Mead, from Home Brewing
Boil together honey and 1/2gal water for 5 min. Put flowers with citric acid and tannin in a gallon jug and pour the hot liquid over. Let cool in a sink of cold water to room temperature, then add yeast and nutrient and further water to make a gallon plus a pint. Add the airlock. Let ferment 1 week, then strain out flowers. Set the lock on again and ferment until all quiet. Bottle and age.
Second Ferment: 112 days
Aging (so far): 109 days and already great.
Source: Leigh Ann Hussey