Plum Liqueur Recipe
Posted in Liqueur, Recipes, winemaking on May 11th, 2011
Liqueur is ready sooner than wine, and it’s easier to make. Here’s how I made liqueur from my own plums.
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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.
Don’t skimp on treats! Here’s how to turn eggs, cream, sugar, and liquor into that traditional holiday beverage.
How to make a gallon of plum wine from 12 lb of store bought plums.
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.
Mulled Wine
Posted in Recipes, tasting, troubleshooting on Dec 3rd, 2009
Mulled wine: just the thing on a cold night, a Christmas tradition, and just possibly a way to rescue my wine from store-bought grapes. Here’s how I plan to make it.
Bailout Blanc: White wine for hard times
Posted in Recipes, welch's wine on Jan 19th, 2009
Can you really make wine from Welch’s grape juice? Welch’s, or most any brand, of white grape juice is made from Niagra grapes. These aren’t considered wine grapes, and there’s a good reason for that. Still, with proper wine making technique, you can make a crisp dry white from concentrated frozen grape juice that is [...]
Boiling Mead Experiment: The recipe
Posted in experiments, mead, Recipes on Nov 17th, 2008
This is for Medsen Fey, and anyone else, who wanted to know the recipe I used in my boiling mead experiment. I want to describe what I did and why. If you think I’ve left anything out, please ask! Good feedback here can improve future experiments – and not just mine. I’d really like to [...]
Lord Rhys Chocolate Mead Recipe
Posted in chocolate wine, mead, Recipes on Mar 25th, 2008
I mentioned this one yesterday, when I was commenting on existing wine and mead recipes that used chocolate. Here it is in its entirety: Chocolate Mead aka Liquid Sex Mead Lord Rhys, Capten gen y Arian Lloer, Barony of Andelcrag, Midrealm This recipe may be quoted, borrowed, copied, or stolen by anyone under three conditions. [...]
Rhubarb Wine Recipe
Posted in Recipes, rhubarb wine on Jan 23rd, 2008
I grow the rhubarb in my garden, harvest several times (freezing each harvest), and make a gallon or two of wine every year. Here’s how I do it.