Howdy from Texas

[nate0001]

Howdy everyone,

Been lurking the forum a lot but finally decided to register. New to wine and all things fermenting.

On a whim one day, I decided I wanted to try making mead. So I went to the LHBS and bought everything I needed. I've got three batches going and now I've become obsessed with all the different recipes for mead and wine I'd like to try.

Are there anything I can make that will be done in 1-2 months? Would love to have some stuff while waiting for the mead batches to finish since those won't be good until October.

 

[Runningwolf]

Welcome aboard. You could try to mike wine with Welches concentrate.

 

[TxBrew]

Welcome from San Marcos! Where in Texas are you?

 

[nate0001]

Not too far from there. I'm in Austin.

 

[SarahRides]

Welcome to WMT!!

 

[GrandpasFootsteps]

Hi Nate! I'm in NW Austin near Anderson Mill. Glad you joined. I don't think you will get a good wine from a kit or homemade within 2 months. The best I would suggest is a Island Mist kit, regular or modified. Those are intended to be early drinkers and they would be mostly ready in 8-10 weeks. I made the mango citrus symphony and bumped up the ABV to 11% by adding additional sugar. Everyone loved it. Also it is an inexpensive kit. There are several varieties at Austin Homebrew. I'll be happy to give you a bottle or two of my wine if you need to wet your whistle in the meantime! I even have 2 bottles of the mango citrus left from last summer. PM me if you are interested.

 

[winemaker_3352]

Welcome aboard!!!

 

[ibglowin]

Beer!

The Summer wine cooler style (Island Mist) kits can be ready pretty much in a month or two.

Are there anything I can make that will be done in 1-2 months?

 

[Arne]

Welcome to WMT. For something fast, you can try skeeter pee. Go to Lon's site for the recipe. www.skeeterpee.com Again welcome, Arne.

 

[nate0001]

Thanks for the welcome.

I'll definitely check out some of those Island Mist kits and skeeter pee. Sounds like something good that will satisfy my itch while I wait to build my stock up.

@ibglowin

I was looking at beer, but it looks like I'd need a more serious investment in equipment to brew some good beer. Unless you can get buy without spending 100s more. I haven't looked into it enough.