I believe the raisins are there to provide tannin to the brew à½Ã¸⬠I topped the headspace of the demijohn up with water and some dissolved yeast nutrient although don't believe it's that necessary as wasn't part of the original recipe. Very much looking forward to the end result...
The original recipe I found suggest to use bread yeast to keep maintain its ancient status as such. Reviews of said recipe are superb so was hoping for similar success. I'll add the nutrient I thinks though à½Ã¸â¬
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I have been brewing since October and recently stumbled across Joes Ancient Orange Mead.
I made it as per original recipe, however as an oversight I used Allinson Easy Bake (Rapid Rise) Yeast, rather then just normal Bread Yeast. I started the brew 2 days ago, and there has been plenty...