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[First Time Wine]

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Best 60 bucks I have ever spent....
I have a couple batches in bottles now and I am experiencing empty carboy syndrome, hahahah!! Seriously I am heading to a friends house for a party and I want to give away my first bottle of homemade wine. It is way too young to open and enjoy, but I wanted to try it before I give a bottle away. I have to admit this wine has changed considerably since it went into the bottle about three weeks ago. Sure I tasted it when I bottled and I was a little disappointed because it seemed watery without any discernable characteristics. In just three weeks it went from below average to well on it’s way to being something very, very good. I don’t plan on opening any more for a couple more months and I am going to keep about 10 bottles for a couple years.

This is a very rewarding hobby. I am very excited about starting my next wine. I think for the next month or so I am going to read and study making wine from fresh fruit. I am ready to pick some fresh peaches or blueberries and give it a shot.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Bert]

This can be a very rewarding hobby and a lot of fun too....For studing up on fruit wines a very good book to read is "Home Wine Making" by Terry Garey....I found it an easy read and some humor in it.....And some recipes too.

 

[daveb50]

First Time, Congratulations on your first batch. Another good source of Fruit wine making is Jack Keller's site (see link below). Lots of 1 gallon recipes there, just about anything fermentable. To make larger batches, just multiply ingredients by how many gallons you want to make.


http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/


Dave

 

[geocorn]

Congratulations!


When working with fresh fruit, remember one basic concept, the better the fruit, the better the wine.

 

[Mike777]

What is the name of the wine in the photo? sorry got bad resolution.