Facts and Figures

Tonight was the night of bottling and starting. Eight 333 ml bottles of mead put up to carbonate and about the same amount of apple cider started in a glass jug. Getting mead out of a glass jug was a crazy pain involving a siphon and boiled water to get it started, but it worked. Only a little was spilled and I had to drink what would have been the ninth bottle since it was only two-thirds full. Tragedy, but not a major one.

Now a name. A name, a name, a name. You may imagine me rubbing my temples as I attempt to come up with an appropriately fun name for this. Perhaps Blazingstar? A very simple low alcohol drink. Just water, yeast, honey, and three cardamom pods.

330 g. honey
13 cups water
pinch of salt
3 cardamom pods

primed with 27 g honey
130 ml water