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SG down to 1.012 today. Into secondary. Color not as “red” as I was hoping for. But I’m sure this will still be good. I haven’t really been disappointed by anything I’ve made so far except the failed coconut water experiment.

Same thing. It’s famous for red zinger tea. You can eat the Roselles fresh or garnish a salad. The seed I bought started out fine but they never flowered and now they are sick. I’ll hit the farmers market this fall and get some for seed.

its thunderstorm season here in Florida. Had a small issue with the feeezer losing power for a while. Most stuff was still cold or semi frozen but I had to clean it out to drain the defrosted ice. had a lot of frozen mango in the bottom, which is good because none of my trees produced this year...

Check your sugar and powdered laundry soap containers 🫣

You hate what you are doing now. Easy to make 15% cut to your lifestyle to do something you love. Simplify your life and be happy.

I’ve made plenty of passion fruit wine (there actually is quite a bit of juice in them) but not the flowers since the fruit comes from right below the flower. I used about 85 plumeria flowers for a gallon of wine so you would probably need that many. I don’t recall them having a fragrance

I was gifted a small (1 foot) longan fruit tree. Might be making longan wine in about 7 years if I live that long. 🙄

I’ve done that twice now with my bigger batches. I save the gross lees add some new juice or sugar a little yeast and it does make some great Frankenwine.

I‘ve got availability of some cocoplums. I know people make jam with them. Doyou know what they are ? They Grow on a shrub down here and I’m going to see about picking some and freezing… https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/trees-and-shrubs/shrubs/cocoplum.html

that’s where the cats have been peeing …..

Really looks like a peach tree

Just over 2 months but time to bottle it. Oh my, so good. Nice dry smooth wine. Started at 1.100 and finished at 1.000 Crystal clear.

I knew a guy who fermented cherry wine in 50 gallon crocks. i was more impressed by anyone having a 50 gallon crock. Probably originated in a tannery in Gloversville. 🤣

I had a friend (outlaw family member as well) who is proficient at everything. (Violin making, languages, woodworking etc) who made wines. He even made a mango wine from mango Snapple. I watched him and even wrote down directions. I never tried because I needed to buy nutrient, pectic enzyme...

I’ve got one bottle that isn’t labeled. It looks beautiful. Usually I put a mark on the bottle with a sharpie to help identify but we all miss one now and then. Kind of like a wine mystery bottle at least we have an advantage over wild mushroom picker hobbyists. Wine probably not deadly if we...

Plumeria wine is looking really good in secondary

Yup. Get two. If you don’t have two you will surely break the one you have.

Land mines work too.

Forget the coconuts. Been there done that didn’t work. Mango is my go to fruit. Any frozen fruit or fruit combo works well also. Depends on what is in plentiful supply. Plums, pears strawberries, mango, peaches, heck even grapes make wine.