Mead Making!
Well, we had been wanting to make a batch of mead for awhile. Hubby, and Shannon and myself had made a batch a few years back, but had retained very little of the actual instructions, as much of it was done for us, by a great mead maker that we know. We were to watch, take notes etc., but alas... the notes are long gone, and so we really had almost no idea what to do. We borrowed information from a few sources. WiccanWeb.ca has a download section with great Mead information, so armed with that and a few other sources, we began. (Click on any of the pictures below to see them full-size) First off was the honey. Although I would have loved to buy some fancy local honey from our local Bee Keepers (hey, out here in the Fraser Valley, we have some of the finest honey! Definitely check out Chilliwack River Valley Natural Honey ), but alas, for the 6 kg that we needed to buy, we had to go cheap and bought no-name natural unpasteurized liquid honey from Superstore. However, I DID purchase some...