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Midsummer Ritual Mead
Ingredients:
2-1/2 gallons water, preferably fresh rainwater blessed by a Wiccan Priestess or Priest
1 cup meadowsweet herb
1 cup woodruff sprigs
1 cup heather flowers
3 cloves
1 cup honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup barley malt
1 oz. Brewer's yeast
Directions:
Pour the water into a large cauldron or kettle. Bring to a boil and add the meadowsweet herb,
woodruff sprigs, heather flowers and cloves. Boil for one hour and then add the honey, brown sugar
and barley malt. Stir thirteen times deosil and then remove from the heat.
Strain through a cheesecloth and allow the mead to cool to room temperature. Stir in the Brewer's Yeast.
Cover with a clean towel and let it stand for one day and one night. Strain again, bottle, then store in a cool place until ready to serve.
Reporting from Grandfather Oak.
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