Mead in Canada

The sad reality that i may have lost my bees is starting to set in. I feel lost, my bees always took me to my happy place and now i only have chocolate to take me there. I miss the endless walks back and worth to the bee yard to see what they were doing. Even if nothing....i liked watching them.
So the other day i decided i needed something to do while waiting for the new bees to arrive. What could i do that i could watch and  would give me some happiness.  Mead. I could make another gallon of Mead. So I got all my supplies out and got to it.
I have never drank real mead. Sure i made some before but it had fruit in it. (technically its called something else) This time i am going to make pure and simple mead...the kind the vikings drank. The kind that makes you want to dress like a medieval wench and drink it out of a pewter goblet. Ok so maybe i am going a little over board but still its a fun thought.
I found a fun website where this gal makes gallon jugs of wines, beer and meads. So i tried one of her recipes.
Its pretty simple, water, honey, yeast and 10 raisins or there abouts. So according to the recipe it should start to bubble in a couple days. And like clock work....it did. And as sad as it sounds, i now have something to watch. I wandered into the backroom 7 times today to see if it had started to bubble. I could smell the faint smell of alcohol each time it bubbled. Its going to be a while before we can taste it but i am feeling better now that i have something to look after in the mean time.
Yikes, i sound a little crazy, I hope the new bees come soon.