Heather Mead Recipe D.I.Y.

Hey Guys and Gals! Heather mead goes back a long way in Scotland. Makes one gallon.

Ingredients

Step 1

• 3.5 lb heather honey, or wildflower honey
• 2 cups dried heather flower tips
• 1 gallon water
• 1/4 tsp citric acid

Step 2

• 1 tsp yeast nutrient
• 1 packet Lalvin 71B-1122 yeast

Directions

1. Bring half the water to a boil, turn off the heat, add the heather and steep 20 minutes. Strain.
2. Stir the honey into the warm heather tea until dissolved. Pour into the carboy with the rest of the water and the citric acid. Let cool.
3. Stir the yeast into a cup of water, let stand 15 minutes until bubbling, and add it with the nutrient.
4. Bubbling should start in 24 to 48 hours. Leave a third of the carboy empty for foam.
5. After 6 to 7 days, when the frothing slows, rack to a secondary carboy.
6. Ferment 1 to 2 months or more, then bottle and age.

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