One year for Christmas, my sis-in-law gave me a Wine Making Kit (I like red wine).
That wine turned out like very strong Port, and gave me the only real hangover I’ve ever had.
I’d like to try wine again, but I was obviously not very good at it :-)
-JT
Understandable. Both wine and beer retain the fusel oils (alcohols on either side of ethanol).
With the Shine recipe, you get just the real thing and can dilute as needed.
Relaxing on the back porch after a hard days work I'm enjoying my favorite single malt scotch McClellands Speyside and a few Ritz crackers.
As to the book part, near my wife's chair on the other side of the porch is a box I gave her packed full of Better Homes and Gardens Cookbooks. Its like a series or a collection published in 1965 that belonged to my mother. Several dozen hardcover books each on a unique cooking subject.
Anyways, I've to sign off now and figure out....What's for dinner.
My sweetie & I make fruit wines. We’ve had them ‘judged’ at state fairs, mostly to get comments on how to improve. We’ve become pretty good at it, but it’s taken a while. Apple, apricot, blueberry, plum, cherry, even banana (which was weird) - but we have a good time doing it.
We’ve also made some real wine (meaning with wine grapes - pinot noir & chardonnay) we got from a vineyard that lost the contract on its produce. Once in a lifetime chance, unfortunately. That was some good wine!