AAASTINKIE is HERE!!

[Wade E]

Or throw a heater in there and have a hot tub!

 

[jsmahoney]

I don't know, I thought about a smallflotation device, a bottle of that brew/wine, some tropical music,maybe a few rubber duckies, and relax. In home away from home trip to the Bahamas. Can't get any better than that!

 

[AAASTINKIE]

Bottled some Piesporter last night and Blueberry also, here's the label for the Piesporter, I printed it on plain paper and when I cut it out I trimmed the writing off the bottom.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

My friend Tracey gave me a box of blueberries, around 26lbs left with a little freezer burn, will make fine wine I'm sure!!

 

[grapeman]

That will make a nice label Stinkie. Where did you find that one at?


Wild Blueberries- now that will indeedy make a mighty fine wine. I wouldn't think a little freezer burn will hurt anything. Post as you go!


Are you going to get any snow out of this latest round? The local weather geek says we will get a foot, with 10-20 inches in the Green Mtns in Vt. on Saturday! Yuck- and to think it was 60 yesterday!

 

[pkcook]

Stinkie,


You have some wonderful friends! I was at the store today looking at blueberries (both canned and fresh). Very expensive. I'm sure that much will make some great wine!

 

[AAASTINKIE]

It's cold out so I have a nice fire going.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

Blueberries are in the primary now, not what I was going for, I added three gallons of water to each of two primary's and had a SG of 1.010, not as much sugar in blueberries as I was thinking, so I boiled 15lbs of sugar this added another gallon to each primary bringing them to five gallons each, the blueberries took a gallon of space in each one also, the SG shows an ABV of 12%. Starting SG was 1.085

 

[AAASTINKIE]

canned 18lbs of smelts last night.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

Of course there's nothin' better than a feed of fried smelts on a cold night!!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Lilac has a crush on Clown Boy???? Is that what the note says???

What does Polly think about that????

 

[jobe05]

Wow..... Do those smelt look good.


In 1975 we had a shop teacher that took a bunch of us to his camp one weekend to go smelt fishing. He told us the only way we could go was if we bought a fish net (fine mesh) and a brand new metal trash can....... We filled those trash cans in what seemed like a few minutes but was really 4 or 5 hours, still not bad for the amount of fish we cought.


And my Favorite way to make tem is just what you have there..... Fried.


Except when they were alive, we would just through them in the hot pan of oil, they turn themselves over.

 

[rgecaprock]

OK, what about the bones...how do you eat around them or do you eat them too.




rge

 

[jobe05]

Ya eats them too

They are very soft and almost unoticeable. When we would fry them live, whole, we would just pull the heads off which pulled the guts out all in one peice........ well........ almost in one peice.


They are like Sardines, but milder in my opinion.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

The wine cellar is coming along.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

Bottled a Mexican Cerveza and a Pale Ale today.

 

[NorthernWinos]

Nice stash of goodies....

 

[Wade E]

Thats quite the supply you have there Frank.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

I made a special beer, Maple Octoberfest, used 2lbs extra light DME and 3 cups of brown sugar and primed it with Maple syrup, I guess I should try one to see if its drinkable...lol....

 

[Joanie]

That plane is dropping kegs of beer, right?

=)