A Most Excellent Metheglin

Ingredients

• one part of honey
• eight parts of Rain or River-water
• a bag with Mustard-seeds
• one measure of the juyce of hops
• thirty measures of Hydromel

Method

1. 1

   Boil honey and water gently until a third is wasted.

2. 2

   Skim and check if an egg floats.

3. 3

   Cleanse through linen cloth, put in a wooden runlet with a mustard-seed bag.

4. 4

   Place in the sun during Dog-days, then store in a cellar.

5. 5

   For wine taste, add hops juice.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A MOST EXCELLENT METHEGLIN Take one part of honey, to eight parts of Rain or River-water ; let it boil gently together, in a fit ves- sel, till a third part be wasted, skiming it very well. The sign of being boiled enough is,when a New-laid- egg swims upon it. Cleanse it afterwards by letting it run through a clean Linnen-cloth,and put it into a woodden Runlet, where there hath been wine in, and hang in itabagwithMustard-seedsbythebung, that so you may take it out, when you please. This being done, put your Runlet into the hot Sun, especi- ally during the Dog-days, (which is the onely time to prepare it) and your Metheglin will boil like 62 SIR KENELMS DIGBIS Must ; after which boiling take out your Mustard- seeds,and put your vessel well stopped intoa Cellar. If you will have it the taste of wine, put to thirty measures of Hydromel, one measure of the juyce of hops

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.