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Did you make your Sumac wine last year @BigDaveK? I made 4 batches - 2 bigger & 2 smaller. I’m enjoying it now.. and hoping to do more this year. Some I made has future potential. Some is blend-worthy ;) I steeped some in hot water with the sticks- ( what every recipe said NOT TO DO!! It...

Welcome! I only have a few vines- grapes grow well here , but the critters eat most of them!:( Have a good defense plan!

Now I want to make Red Cabbage wine… !! 😩

You are blessed with flowering trees! Making sure it is edible is important!! ☺️ I love Dandelions sautéed in a bit of butter with eggs:) Have you tried making the Dandelion wine with the bits of green and calling it “tannin”?? Might need some correcting..but it could be healthier.? 🤔

As I read about the Magnolias I was going to ask if you had used Red Buds… but you are miles ahead of my thoughts!!! 🤪

I did not know Magnolia was edible? I don’t have a tree but could possibly source some. Thank you for sharing your projects and information! I learn so much from your ambitious pursuits!

If she leaves it in the refrigerator a couple years it will be a nice wine!!?;)

We need to grow more fruit and support honey bees! No surprise of this shortage- we need to conserve our land . .. *Also perhaps a message to promote artificial sweeteners..? ( to “save” us if we run out of real sugar!;) (Did you see the Cleveland Clinic study on Heart disease recently where...

Good complex answers to this. My simple thoughts: Too high sugar inhibits fermentation ( as others explained so well!) Cinnamon has a preservative effect and also and may inhibit the yeast. (But the slower action might help retain the aromatic factor?) I often stay away from the 18%...

The deer ate and destroyed my Elderberry. :( They must have gotten my Wild Oats , too..? I’ve not seen them in ages!😜😂

Wine seems to have more of an image problem- and a lack-of -education about types of wine problem. Marketing could be much better. But also, young people have hundreds of options beyond beer and liquor -seltzers, ciders, kombucha, teas, “ botanicals” etc. Wine has a mature and snooty image...

Or possibly Vegetable Glycerin.? I recently discovered oil on top of some Sumac wine I bottled.. then remembered I added a small quantity of Açaí juice to my first ferment. It has oils in it. Never noticed until it was in the bottles. 🙄

Just a guess: I think the gloves are so that you can remove your contacts later that day without searing your eyeballs? 😂😂😂

BigDaveK: What yeast will you try next? ( I think you used 71b? ) I’ve been following and hope to get a batch of Coffee Wine going in the next month or so. I’ve not Cold-brewed my fav Coffee. I will do a cold brew trial..but, I fear that it will be flat - missing the slight bitterness that I...

I tried my Grandparent’s Grape wine from 1967! ( made with Welch’s Grape Juice:) I survived!! It was pretty good- and potent!.

It looks a bit like Kombucha ? . It seems they could pierce it with a long needle- extract some fluid ( like they drain a joint in a medical procedure) remove the contents vial and replace it with a vial of Bees wax to pump into the needle space as they extract the needle. It seems like there...

I know you know it wasn’t the best choice, but also Spring Water isn’t Purified water. It could add contaminants to your wine. 😬 (As others have said: I might quick ferment some concentrated blueberry and replace some of what you’ve got with that. *fruit , sugar, fresh lemon juice fixes most...

Are you going to ferment that Kielbasa?!! 😂

I dry-hopped (for just 48 hrs.) some small quantities of my Mint and Elderflower wines. It’s interesting how a small quantity changes the flavor/ character so quickly. I’m anxious to see how it ages. I just found some Juniper berries today, so have plans to play with them? Hmm..maybe Rose...