Steve's Herbed Mead: Semi-Sweet Mead
 
Ingredients:

18# wild flower honey,

1 gallon apple cider,

6 each B-1 and Cal/Mag/Zinc tabs,

3 Tbsp lemon juice,

2 oz strongly brewed black tea,

1 t pectic enzyme,

1 pckt dried Champagne-processs wine yeast
rehydrated in 1 pt unfiltered apple juice,

spring water to 6-gallons

Herbal Mix for Mead:

16 oz 80 proof vodka, 1 Tbsp dried rosemary, 1 tsp dried cinnamon
basil, 2 tsp chopped dried angelica root, # 1/2 tsp lightly crushed
fennel seed, 1 Tbsp lightly chopped dried sweet orange peel

Put the herbs in a fine mesh nylon bag and soak in the vodka for 2
weeks.  Use to taste; in this brew I used 1 oz per gallon of
semi-sweet mead.