Nápoj (the festive drink, served on great occasions)
Medovina — Mead from the Monastery Beehives
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A golden mead, fermented from the honey of the hives, perfumed with sweet spices and a hint of citrus zest. A celebratory drink, both sweet and winey, served warm in winter or cool in summer.
Nápoj (the festive drink, served on great occasions)
A golden mead, fermented from the honey of the hives, perfumed with sweet spices and a hint of citrus zest. A celebratory drink, both sweet and winey, served warm in winter or cool in summer.
In my old age, after the peas, it was the bees that held my attention — little workers whose heredity I hoped to read. Their honey, I entrust to water and time: a few weeks of patience, and the liquor ferments of its own accord, as all living things obey hidden laws. A hint of clove, a zest, and here is something to warm the brothers at winter feasts. Drink it in moderation, I pray — the monk recommends temperance, even before the fruit of his own hives.
Ingredients
- •Honey from the hives — a good portion (fermentable sugar)
- •Spring water — three times the honey (liquid)
- •Clove, cinnamon — a few (spices)
- •Lemon zest — one (freshness)
- •Natural yeast (lees, sourdough) — a little (ferment)
How it was made : Mead is one of the oldest fermented drinks in Europe; in monasteries, rich in hives for candle wax, surplus honey was readily turned into drink. Fermentation happened spontaneously or with wild yeasts, in large barrels, over several weeks.