If you want a brew that will make you sit up and take notice...

I started with a bottle of that English stuff that has a lot of herbs and flowers in it (a 'traditional' herbal (soft) drink whose name I cannot remember!) - it went off in the fridge!

I used that as the starter - and did a batch of mead (honey) - and left that in the fridge (about 5 deg C) for at least 3 months - it started up again when it returned to room temp!

The trick was a bottom fermenting rather than a top style yeast - a 'lager' rather than 'champagne' yeast... and lots of time at a low temperature...

You can add any fruit juices to it you wish btw, I discovered in later incantations...

Smooooooooooooooooooooooooooth..........