This recipe is from an old friend, now departed from this side of life. Thanks for sharing while you could, Walt.

Ingredients:

• 5 lbs of apples
• 1 lbs honey
• large pot
• 1 package of dry yeast
• large (1 gallon or larger) glass jar
• muslin cloth or clean pair of hose
• 2 feet of siphoning hose

In the large pot, quarter apples add 1 gallon cold water. Put over medium heat and cook until apples are mushy.

Place cloth over gallon jar and strain juice thru. Put apples in a container and mash to a pulp. Place pulp in cloth and mash out juice.

When all the juice is collected, add 1 lbs of honey to hot juice. Let juice cool to 115 degrees and stir in yeast. Place in cool place and let stand for 1 week.

Then taste test. When ready, siphon off and bottle.

Makes 1 gallon of mead