Quote Originally Posted by The Drone Ranger View Post
Nellie -- what's the recipe you recommend I have never made mead

I have made wine many times in the past
The cough mixture effect happens with wine sometimes as well either stray yeasts or the cambden tablets for sterilising /stopping fermentation ?
I haven't had a great honey crop this year -- too dependant on rape-- so small quantities will be the order of the day
I have read you need to mature mead for a long time ? what do you think ?
DR the official recipe is:

3lbs of honey
1/4 of a mug of stewed tea (for the tannin)
1/2 teaspoon of yeast extract as a nutrient
5ml of lemon juice (citric acid?) I used a couple of old limes in mine rather than chuck them out.
Yeast as per instructions which seems to be typically 1gram per demijohn if you buy a 5gm packet
top up with water to fill.

That's what I'm working from and playing around with