Gale Mead

• 1 handful fresh gale leaves
• 4.5 litres (1 gallon) water

Boil the water and then pour it onto the gale leaves. Add the honey and the juice of the lemon and stir well to melt all the honey. Activate the yeast. When the water has cooled down to blood heat, add the yeast and leave in the open bucket to ferment for 4–5 days. Strain off and bottle in screw-top bottles. The mead will be ready to drink in a week. After bottling, keep testing the bottles to