Metheglin Recipe - Cornish Recipes

How to make Metheglin:

A very ancient Cornish drink, probably dating from the time when sugar was unavailable to use in brewing.

Ingredients

3 cups honey (preferably honeycomb)
2oz root ginger
1oz fresh yeast
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Put honey into a saucepan with enough cold water to cover it.
- Let this stand for 5 days.
- Strain.
- Bruise the ginger and put it in a muslin bag.
- Boil the honey water with the ginger in the muslin bag for 2-3 hours.
- Skim off any scum.
- Remove from the heat and when almost cold add the yeast.
- Put into a demijohn and bottle when the yeast has stopped working.

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what further help did you require?

#1 - mary - 09/30/2007 - 16:25

Really unhelpful.

#0 - Jay - 09/30/2007 - 07:12


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