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Honey Soda: Made the Easy Way - RECIPE PROVIDED BY beesource.com

Give me a day that is balmy and shimmering;

Give me a field where the clover blooms sway;

O let me linger where nectar is gathering, deep in the blossoms of flowering May.

Give me a shelter where sunlight is filtering, tempering music of humming and whirr, then I will gather a treasure so glistening, fragrant as incense, and precious as myrrh..

--Florence Holt Davison

For the beginner who wants a superior beverage at a ridiculously low price. Here's the step-by-step process.

...This recipe will show the hobby beekeeper, using their own nectars, how to prduce eight, two liter bottles of honey pop, root beer flavor, for about a quarter of a dollar, within thirty minutes - after one learnst the technique - and drinkable within forty-eith hours after curing, with the only ingredients being honey and water, yeast and flavoring plus loving patienct.

The equipment:

Five gallon plastic bucket with bottom spout.
Plastic gallon jug
17-1/2 wooden stirrer
Plastic funnel, 5: wide by 6" high
8 - 2 liter plastic soda bottles cleaned

Ingredients:

1/8 oz dry wine yeast
4 gallons water
2 quarts honey
2 FL. OZ. root beer extract
30 Minutes

Steps:

1. Dissolve the yeast in a half cup of warm water

2. Pour the three gallons of warm water (80 degrees F) into the five gallon white plastic busket, using the one gallon plastic jug or a recycled gallon milk container as a measurer.

3. Pour the honey into the bucket, using the remaining gallon of water to rinse the quart jars.

4. Pour the extract into the bucket.

5. Place the dissolved yeast into the bucket.

6. With the eight topless 2 liter plastic bottles near by, start filling them using the funnel beneath the spout. Fill to one inch from top. (Important note: The spout cover must be held in place tightly against the spout's body when filling the bottles to prevent squirting all over the place.)

7. Screw on bottle caps and place the filled plastic bottles on their sides, in a warm spot -- such as the furnace room -- for 48 hours or until the bottles become rigid.

8. Store in refrigerator, upright or prone, depending upon clearance.