2 kg honey
8 liters of water
140 gram of Fuggle hops
Dry mead yeast
I made two batches that were exactly the same, only difference was that I added the hops before fermentation in one and after in the other. I heated up water and honey, removed the white foam, let it cool down and added yeast. In one I added hops that had been boiled for an hour, the other I added the same kind of hops after fermentation. It made a big difference, the one with hops added before fermentation had a more round taste to it while the other was rather sharp. Even after a year there was still a difference between them.