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In modem Poland, the making of alcohol in any form is illegal
without a state license. In America, where I went to college, any
adult may make wine or beer, up to two hundred gallons a year,
which is a lot. One of my dorm brothers was over twenty-one, and-
purely in the interest of studying ancient technology-we had
produced seven plastic garbage containers of the stuff, mead
being the cheapest palatable drink that is easily made. I recall that
it was under two dollars a gallon, buying honey wholesale and
making mead of twelve percent alcohol.

"Sir Conrad, I know that I have said this too many times before,
and that you have always proved me wrong. But what if you should
die? What if no one else remembers how to make it?"

My position was untenable. I saw a forced mate in five moves, and
Count Lambert would probably see a shorter one. I tipped my king
over, acknowledging defeat. Count Lambert started to reset the
board for another game, turning the board so that I would play
black.

"As you wish, my lord. You dilute the honey with water at the ratio of
three-to-one if you want a sweet wine, or from four-to-one even to
six-to-one if you want a dry wine for hot summer afternoons. Boil it
for a little while and skim off the foam that comes up."

"Add spices if you want to. You might have some fun playing with
them. Lemons are good, but I don't think you can get them here.
You might try substituting a few handfuls of rose hips. Or try
apples. In fact, substituting apple juice for the water, and using less
honey makes a fine drink. All of that is to your own taste. Making
any wine is an art form."

"The only important point is to use wine yeast, not beer yeast. That
is to say, have a merchant bring you some very new wine up from
Hungary. Tell him you want it still bubbling when it gets here. Put a
little of the dregs into the mead after it has cooled."

"It's fit to drink in a few weeks, and it will last a long time if you keep
the air away from it. After that, always save some of the dregs from
the last batch to. start the new one. Start out with new barrels, and
keep it far away from a beer brewery or a bakery."

Once I had a glass works going, I could make a vapor lock easily
enough. These people didn't have a decent cork, anyway. The
nearest cork trees were in Spain, and I doubt if the Spaniards knew
what to do with them. A siphon? The nearest rubber tree was in the
Amazon valley!

"That's all? Not nearly as hard as the way you told us of making