Honey Beer

Ingredients:

• 1 lemon
• 1.5lb dark honey
• half an ounce of hops
• 1 teaspoon granulated yeast (a beer one would do - or bread yeast)
• 1 gallon water

Method:

Peel the lemon rind, avoiding the white pith. Squeeze the juice and strain to remove pips.

Dissolve the honey in 2 pints of the water in a bucket.

Put the rest of the water into a large pan with the hops and lemon rind.

Bring to the boil and boil gently for 30 minutes.

Strain the hop water into the honey solution and leave to cool.

Discard the hops and lemon rind.

Add the activated yeast and lemon juice into the cooled mixture, cover over and leave for 3-4 days in a warm place to ferment.

When fermentation has ceased, siphon into sterilised 1 pint beer bottles, leaving an airspace at the top. Add half a level teaspoon sugar to each bottle. Seal with plastic pop-off caps and leave in a warm room to ferment in the bottles for a few days.

Then store for at least 2 weeks in a cool, dark place before drinking.

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