Joe’s Ancient Orange, Clove, and Cinnamon Mead

Name: Joe&rsquo;s Ancient Orange, Clove, and Cinnamon Mead
Ingredients: 3.5 lbs Clover or your choice honey or blend ((will finish sweet)); 1 large orange ((later cut in eights or smaller rind and all)); 1 small handful raisins ((25 if you count but more or less ok)); 1 stick cinnamon; 1 whole clove ((or 2 if you like, these critters are potent!)); 1 pinch nutmeg or allspice ((very small)); 1 package Fleishmann’s bread yeast (( now don't get holy on me--- after all this is an ancient mead and that's all we had back then)); water to 1 gallon

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Joe’s Ancient Orange, Clove, and Cinnamon Mead

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3.5 lbs Clover or your choice honey or blend ((will finish sweet))1 large orange ((later cut in eights or smaller rind and all))1 small handful raisins ((25 if you count but more or less ok))1 stick cinnamon1 whole clove ((or 2 if you like, these critters are potent!))1 pinch nutmeg or allspice ((very small))1 package Fleishmann’s bread yeast ((now don't get holy on me--- after all this is an ancient mead and that's all we had back then))water to 1 gallon

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Step 1

Use a clean 1 gallon carboy

Step 2

Dissolve honey in some warm water and put in carboy

Step 3

Wash orange well to remove any pesticides and slice in eights --add orange (you can push em through opening big boy -- rinds included -- its ok for this mead -- take my word for it -- ignore the experts)

Step 4

Put in raisins, clove, cinnamon stick, any optional ingredients and fill to 3 inches from the top with cold water. ( need room for some foam -- you can top off with more water after the first few day frenzy

Step 5

Shake the heck out of the jug with top on, of course. This is your sophisticated aeration process.

Step 6

When at room temperature in your kitchen, put in 1 teaspoon of bread yeast. ( No you don't have to rehydrate it first-- the ancients didn't even have that word in their vocabulary-- just put it in and give it a gentle swirl or not - The yeast can fight for their own territory)

Step 7

Install water airlock. Put in dark place. It will start working immediately or in an hour. (Don't use grandma's bread yeast she bought years before she passed away in the 90's) ( Wait 3 hours before you panic or call me) After major foaming stops in a few days add some water and then keep your hands off of it. (Don't shake it! Don't mess with them yeastees! Let them alone except its okay to open your cabinet to smell every once in a while.