1912 The Squire's Recipe

THE SCOTTISH MEAD F IRST, pour a gallon of boiling water over four pounds of honey. Set it to boil and lkim it thoroughly. Add a quarter of a pound of heft hops and again boil for ten minutes. Then allow it to cool in a clean wooden tub. When the concotl:ion is nearly cool, add a {mall quantity of yeaft, which lhould be fpread on a fiice of toafted bread. Allow this to ftand in a warm room until the fermentation is finifhed. Then place it in a fmall cafk and bung it tight, leaving a peg hole open for a few days. After pegging, allow the mead to ftand for nine months. Then bottle it and ftore it fafely within eafy accefs, ready for ufe.

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