Mead

Ingredients

       3 lbs honey(lighter the better ) 
       1 lemon 
       1 orange 
       1/2 onz citric acid, 
       Tannin 2-3 drops or yeast 1/16th onz 

Directions

Put honey into large pot add hot water to make up total to 1 gallon stir well
until honey melts, simmer low for further 5 mins.

Add the juice of lemon and orange, the tannin and citric acid.

Strain liquid into fermentation vessel,place in warm spot and plug the top with
cotton wool.

Wait 4 days then fit fermentation lock onto vessel.

Aside: A glass jar large enough to take all the liquid is all that is needed to
make fermentation vessel. As for the lock: use a rubber bung with a hole
punched into the top..now buy an air lock (used in beer fermenting) and use
that as the lock.

After the mixture stops bubbling (approx 3-5 days) syphon into sterilised
container add one Campden tablet and close the container with air lock.

Let stand until clear then syphon into sterilised bottles,add 1 teaspoon
ofsugar per 750ml bottle and cap. Wait 14 days then drink.