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mon 28aug95 1444 (kencoyle, hr S Toronto)
Friend,
1. Here's the honey pop
recipe I've been
using since B4 1988. Made
only in summer time &
drunk like mad by my 35-yr-
old dau & 68-yr-old me.
2. Ingredients:
*4 US gallons well water
*6# light honey (2 qts)
(I use black locust)
*1/8 teaspoon wine yeast
(I use Epernay 2, Pasteur
champagne, or Montrachet--
whatever I have on hand)
*2 fl oz Extract (root beer,
sassafras, cola, etc.--have
a large variety on hand)
3. Procedure:
*Put warm water in 6-gal white
plastic bucket which has
valve on bottom
*Add honey--I use part of
the above as warm/hot water
to make honey dispersal
easier
*Add extract
*Sprinkle yeast on top
(If water is warm, it'll
dissolve in no time flat)
*Stir vigorously & bottle
immediately
4. I have ready to go eight
recycled 2-litre plastic
soda bottles w/screw tops,
previously rinsed in a
Campden solution (4 tabs
to pint water) & drained
upside down in a pint bottle.
(As one is draining, I'm Campden
swishing another, w/its screw
cap on, not my palm, and then
replace the draining one).
5. Bottles are filled from the
bucket, a couple of inches from
the top (to prevent spill over)
then later filled to the top
from a server bottle.
6. Put in a warm place (at least 70
degrees F.), on their sides, w/ the
screw end slightly elevated), for 24
hours or until the bottles are firm.
If leaking, tighten or replace caps.
7. All are stored in refrigerator for
daily use. [To keep unrefrigerated:
if too much yeast was used, bottles
will eventually explode: stress
marks can be seen forming on the
neck.]
8. Notes: (a) Mixture shuld be tasted
B4 yeast is added; if not sweet enuf,
add more honey; if 2 sweet, water.
(b) Two oz. of extract is sufficient
for four-gallon batch.
(c) Campden rinsing is important
to prevent offtastes.
(d) Even tho refrigerated, caps shud
be "exhausted" carefully when drinking
is desirable. Don't drink the dregs.
(e) Whole process takes less than
sixty (60) minutes, if U know what
UR doing, INCLUDING CLEAN UP.
9. If U want sources or to see fotos of
process, check the American Bee Journal
(Nov 93, pp. 771-773): John Iannuzzi,
"Honey Soda Made Easy: For the `beeginner
who wants a superior non-alcoholic [sic]
drink at a ridiculously low price, here's
the step-by-step process," or same magazine
(Jul 87, pp. 485-587), same author:
"Let's Make Honey Pop: You've had honey-
wine and honey beer? Why not a honey
soft drink?"
Bonne chance.
Jack the B-man
Ellicott City (founded 1772)
MD usa mon 28aug95 1457
PS Take an hydrometer reading B4
bottling and one just B4 imbibing
to see alcoholic content, if
any.
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John Iannuzzi PhD | There is some soul of goodness
9772 Old Annapolis Rd | in things evil... Thus bees do
Ellicott City (founded 1772) | gather honey from the weed.
Maryland usa 21042 | --Apologies to the BardofAvon
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