Your First Cider
Posted in apple wine, Cider on Sep 26th, 2011
Get some juice, add some yeast, and make cider!
Category Archive for 'country wine'
Leslie’s Apple Wine – Bottled!
Posted in apple wine, winemaking on May 23rd, 2011
A review of Leslie’s Apple Wine. The recipe was easy to follow and produced a bright, clear apple wine that was ready to bottle in six months – without fining!
Know Your Ingredients: Blueberries
Posted in Blueberry Wine, ingredients, winemaking on Apr 6th, 2011
With a nice flavor and spicy aroma, blueberries make a good dry red wine. Information on blueberry sugar content, Brix, acidity and more.
Raspberry Wine: How the pros do it
Posted in Raspberry Wine, Recipes, winemaking on Mar 28th, 2011
Commercial raspberry wine is made differently than most homemade raspberry wine. Here’s a look at how the pros do it and what home winemakers can learn from them.
Apple Wine: Literary references
Posted in apple wine on Nov 29th, 2010
From Desperate Housewives to Tales of the Arabian Nights, apple wine pops up more often than you might think.
How to make a gallon of plum wine from 12 lb of store bought plums.
Juicing Apples By Freeze – Thawing
Posted in apple wine, DIY equipment, equipment on Sep 14th, 2010
What can you do when you’ve got too many apples for a juicer, but you don’t have a crusher and press? Here’s how I coaxed about 35% juice yield from 8 lb of apples with very little equipment and what I would do to improve that yield next time.
Easy Apple Wine Recipe: For Leslie
Posted in apple wine, Recipes, winemaking on Jul 26th, 2010
Turn a gallon of apple juice into wine with this simple, step by step, recipe.
Apple Cider
Posted in apple wine, Cider on May 3rd, 2010
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Know Your Ingredients: Raspberries
Posted in ingredients, Raspberry Wine on Apr 12th, 2010
What you need to know about raspberries to make great Raspberry Wine.