Roses for Arthur

Classification: historical interest, rose

Source: Ye Olde Batte (mhalley%mun.BITNET) 11/31/88

This recipe comes from a booklet called The Delicious Rose by Geraldine Duncann. It was called Rose Melemell, although it has no honey. This is an effervescent brew with a hint of summer roses.

Ingredients:

rose petals
water
sugar
dry yeast

Procedure:

Fill a glass container with rose petals. Cover with water and let set, covered by a clean cloth, for 3 days. Strain water through a cloth and measure. Add to it, one quarter of its volume of white sugar. Set in a glass jar or crock, add a pinch of dry yeast and stir well. When it is sparkling (3 days to a week), put into beer or champagne bottles and cap. Age 1-6 months.