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<dundee> tu 1aug95 1940Z
 
Friend in Scotland,
 
1. Here's the honey pop
(soda) 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 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 & bottle immediately
 
4. I have ready to go eight
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.
 
7. All are stored in a refrigerator for
daily use.
 
8. Note: Mixture shuld be tasted
B4 yeast is added; if not sweet enuf,
add more honey; if 2 sweet, water.
 
   Two oz. of extract is sufficient
for four-gallon batch.
 
   Campden rinsing is important
 to prevent offtastes.
 
   Even tho refrigerated, caps shud
be "exhausted" carefully.
 
9. If U want 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.
 
Honey beer & honey wine recipes
will follow.
 
Ian the mede maker
Ellicott City (founded 1772)
MD usa tu 1 aug 95 1807 DST