> He went to his cellar and brought out ‘Dandelion Wine’ he had made.
My dad made dandelion wine for a couple of years back in the early 70’s. I’ve still got a few jars sitting around in the fruit cellar. Just like you said, “smooth as silk and went down just as easy”. He didn’t have any fancy wine yeast so he used baker’s yeast so the brew has a pronounced bread-like flavor to go with the sweet-citrus flavor of the dandelion & fruit base. After writing this, I think I’m going to have to break out a bottle !
Great! Then you understand why I was so surprised at the taste etc. The man explained how significant the timing of picking the dandelions is and carefully being selective to how they look which plays into the flavor and end results.
Hope you fully enjoyed breaking out a bottle!