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METHELIN, OR HONEY WINE
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METHELIN, OR HONEY WINE

8 ingredients 3 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

15
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Fat
4g
Carbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Hop not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • two ounces of white jamaica ginger
  • one ounce of cloves
  • one-half ounces of cinnamon
  • a handful of hops
  • ginger
  • cloves
  • mace
  • cinnamon

Directions

1

This is a very ancient and popular drink in the north of Europe. To some new honey, strained, add spring water; put a whole egg into it; boil this liquor till the egg swims above the liquor; strain, pour it in a cask. To every fifteen gallons add two ounces of white Jamaica ginger, bruised, one ounce of cloves and mace, one and one-half ounces of cinnamon, all bruised together and tied up in a muslin bag; accelerate the fermentation with yeast; when worked sufficiently, bung up; in six weeks draw off into bottles.

2

_Another Mead._--Boil the combs, from which the honey has been drained, with sufficient water to make a tolerably sweet liquor; ferment this with yeast and proceed as per previous formula.

3

_Sack Mead_ is made by adding a handful of hops and sufficient brandy to the comb liquor.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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