What are you making and what have you made ???

[earnied]

Cranberry Chianti

Finishing our Christmas wine. Cranberry Chianti. We give it as a gift to good friends

 

[fabrictodyefor]

Never posted here!!! I have so little, started my first batch of choke cherry/apple 8/13, So in bulk aging, I have above mentioned, plum, and apple. I've bottled a quad berry dragon's blood. Fermenting is a carrot/raisin. There is rhubarb thawing, I'll add sugar and pectin enzyme to it today. Also today I'll start another DB using only blackberries and frozen concentrate concord grape juice! Bought the cranberries yesterday to make Cran/Apple with apples already in freezer, have more rhubarb and concord grapes in the freezer waiting on me! And I thought fabric was my only addiction!

 

[reefman]

Finishing our Christmas wine. Cranberry Chianti. We give it as a gift to good friends

earnied,
Was that Cranberry Chianti dry or sweet?

 

[Jamie]

Grand Cru International - South African Pinotage

And

Cru Select - Australian Cabernet/Shiraz/Merlot

Both stabilized and awaiting clearing in the carboys

Next up is going to be the CCWS Italian Super Tuscan due to all the rave reviews here

 

[mangojack]

^ 6gal Blueberry 3 gal Cherry
6 gal red raspberry 3 gals rose hip
6 gal rhubarb 2 gals banana
6 black berry 7 gal wild plum
5 gal blueberry
2gal Raisin Rice
2 gals sweet corn

 

[olusteebus]

Today I racked out of primary a skeeter Pee with one 32 ounce bottle of lemon juice and20 cans of white grape and peach concentrate. It is less than a week old so it is too acidic now. Probably be pretty good in a month or so.

 

[joebazz]

2 kits going now

I have a Eclipse Napa Valley Stag's Leap District Merlot with Grape Skins in the carboy clearing,and a Eclipse Lodi Ranch 11 Cabernet Sauvignon with Grape Skins in the fermenter bucket.These are the first 2 batches I have made in over 15 years.Much has changed since I last made some wine.

 

[bstnh1]

I have a Eclipse Napa Valley Stag's Leap District Merlot with Grape Skins in the carboy clearing,and a Eclipse Lodi Ranch 11 Cabernet Sauvignon with Grape Skins in the fermenter bucket.These are the first 2 batches I have made in over 15 years.Much has changed since I last made some wine.

I restarted last year after a 30 year hiatus. In my case, everything changed from way back when.

 

[travalar]

I just began fermenting in late 2012 with our backyard zin vines and kind of went nutz. I think it gets under your skin. I haven't really drank anything yet, but it's sure fun watching it sit there.

10 GALS APPLE
3 GALS 2012 PEACH
6.5 GALS 2013 PEACH
10 PERSIMMON
5 IN THE FERMENTER PRESENTLY
5 GALS ORANGE
1 GAL RAISIN
7 GALS ZIN
7 GALS SYRAH
5 GALS CAB
3 GALS MEAD

 

[fabrictodyefor]

I just began fermenting in late 2012 with our backyard zin vines and kind of went nutz. I think it gets under your skin. I haven't really drank anything yet, but it's sure fun watching it sit there.

You need some help taste testing?

 

[berk4422]

I've been busy

Since I ventured into this sport, I've been pretty busy with more work ahead. I've some drinking to do

Pitched /Bottled Kit Name
12-Oct 2-Dec Eclipse Napa Valley Stag's Leap District Merlot
18-Oct 10-Dec Eclipse Lodi Old Vines Zinfandel
17-Oct 6-Dec Eclipse Washington Columbia Valley Riesling
22-Oct 29-Nov Winexpert Selection International Italian Montepulciano
8-Nov 9-Dec Selection Speciale Riesling Ice Wine
15-Nov 17-Dec Selection Speciale Port Premium 12L

16-Nov 8-Jan ITALIAN PIEDMONT BAROLO STYLE
23-Nov 15-Jan Eclipse Lodi Ranch 11 Cabernet Sauvignon
13-Dec feb Selection International Spanish Tempranillo
13-Dec feb ECLIPSE BAROSSA VALLEY SHIRAZ

20-Dec feb RJ Spagnols En Primeur Italian Super Tuscan Wine Making Kit
ordered / feb RJ Spagnols RQ 2014 Australia Shiraz Viognier - December
ordered / apr Winexpert LE2013 Pacific Quartet - February
ordered / may RJ Spagnols RQ 2014 Spain Monastrell Petit Verdot - March
ordered / may RJ Spagnols RQ 2014 Italy Nero D'Avola - March
ordered / june Winexpert LE2013 Red Mountain Washington Cabernet Merlot - April

 

[CNMDesign]

This is what I have been busy doing:

Primary
5 gallon Blackberry
5 gallon Black Raspberry
5 gallon Muscat
3 gallon Carlos
Secondary
3 gallon Muscadine Red
3 gallon Apple
5 gallon Catawba
5 gallon Niagara
5 gallon Edelweiss
5 gallon Brianna
5 gallon Fredonia
1 gallon Apple/Strawberry/Kiwi6 gallon Chardonnay
6 gallon Riesling
Aging
1 gallon Peach, spiced
3 gallon Concord
6 gallon Chardonnay
6 gallon Riesling
6 gallon Malbec
3 gallon Elderberry
3 gallon Elderberry Blush

Already made
Apple spice
Banana pepper/white grape/raspberry
Blackberry
Blackberry oaked
Blackberry/Raspberry Mead
Black Currant
Blueberry/Pomegrante
Bronze
Candy Cane w/chocolate
Cabernet Sauvignon
Catawba
Cherry - montmorency & bing
Cherry - Sweet/sour cherries
Cherry blush
Cherry - Bing
Cherry - Montmorency cherries
Concord
Concord/Sweet Cherry
Concord/cherry
Concord/cranberry
Cran-Grape
Elderberry/cherry/chokecherry
Elderberry - full body
Elderberry - blush
Elderberry - blush, kegged
Elderberry/Cherry
Foch
Gewurtz
habernaro hot pepper/white grape
Hot Pepper -Cayenne & Hungarian Hot
Island Mist Black Raspberry Merlot
Island Mist Blackberry Cabernet
JAO Mead
LH Vignoles
Malbec
Montepulciano
Muscato (addd oranges)
Moscato
Muscadine Bronse/Carlos
Muscadine red
Muscadine-noble
Muscadine Red/Noble blend
Niagara
Orange/pinapple/apple
Orchard Breezin Blueberry Shiraz
PartyWine
Peach
Pear
Plum Bell
Pumpkin pie spice
Raspberry
Raspberry Blush
Red Raspberry/Blackberry Mead
Reisling
Rougeon
Sauvignon Blanc
Skeeter Pee/Muscadine slurry
Skeeter Pee - kegged
Skeeter Pee, pear slurry
Skeeter Pee, elderberry slurry
Starburst jellybean
Summer Breeze
Tropical Fruit
Watermellon/strawberry
Welch's Strawberry Breeze
Welch's White Grape & Peach concentrate
Welch's White Grape & Raspberry
Zinfindal
Zinfindal/Pomegrante
Cheese Aging
4 pounds farmhouse cheddar
3 pounds montery jack

WOW, I never listed everything before, By George, I impressed myself!

Juile

What is your bottle count?

 

[Terri]

I have to go find out what this skeeter pee is, makes me laugh.

We have bottled all Orchard Breezin'

Blackberry Merlot - our first kit
Raspberry White Zinfandal
Strawberry White Zinfandel
Black Cherry Pinot Nior
Raspberry Grapefruit Revolution
Orange Passion Fruit
Pomegrante Wildberry

Liked them all will not make the Black Cherry again, it was my least favorite. We just racked the Pomegrante Wildberry had a taste it seems very sweet. My fav tho is the Raspberry White Zin. Looking for some less sweet kits but not dry next.

 

[jojabri]

Bottled:
10 gallons - Concord from frozen
5 gallons - Niagara from frozen
10 gallons - Concord/Niagara Blend
23 gallons - Quad-berry Dragon Blood
5 gallons - Island Dragon (Tropical Dragon Blood variant)
5 gallons Old Orchard Blueberry Pomegranate
6 gallons Tropical White Grape Peach made DB Style for WMT Welch's competition
16 gallons Blackberry Dragon Blood
16 gallons Strawberry Dragon Blood
6 gallons Strawberry Jam
5 gallons Skittles Wine
3 gallons blueberry candy cane
6 Gallons Old Orchard Cherry Pomegranate
10 gallons Blackberry DB


PRIMARY:
10gal Quad-berry Dragon Blood


SECONDARY or AGING:
5 gallons chocolate caramel coffee
15 gal primarily pineapple with other tropical fruits
6 Gallons "Tea Pee" or Skeeter Tea... or something experimental like that.
5 gallon Skeeter Pee
4 gal Apple Cherry
4 gal blueberry Pomegranate


The "To-Do" List: AKA What's In The Freezer & Cabinets
* Jelly Beans for about 15 gal -3 Experimental Batches
* Skittles of 5 gal
* Wether's for 1 gal experimental - That could be Epic!


The "Wish" List:
Something banana? Dandelion, blackberry, pear, and/or honeysuckle (when they come into blooming again as I can gather these free locally)

My hubby says he'll do a batch if it's a Malbec so I'm looking into a Malbec kit. Altough, a Moscato sounds good.

 

[goldntroll]

Kumquat wine

I think I did the KumQuat wine just right, I took a bottle of it up to the wine taste over here in So. Cal. did not tell them what it was, had good feed back as for taste and all WOOOOhooo. oh yeah

But it definitely was around 14 to 15 proof amber crystal clear only had to canter it 2 times, did a 5 gallon batch, one of my strongest yet.

I understood it was not a favorite for others who tried to make kumquat wine ....ah but what the heck I got 100 l Lbs of the little slippery little buggers for free....

I used thinly sliced by using a slice Omatic .... so thin you could see though on newspaper.

My next batch will be KumQuat juices I used a jack la lane juicer .... boy did it make a mess in the kitchen dang juice foamed like it had rabies.

 

[Julie]

What is your bottle count?

Bout 700 bottled and bout another 200 to be bottled and then I have a few carboys that are still aging and two shelves in the freezer full of elderberries that I need to start.

 

[jkrug]

6 gal apple cin

Sent from my SPH-L720 using Wine Making mobile app

 

[jkrug]

6 gal apple cinnamon
6 gal pinot gri
5 gal pinot noir
3 gal crasin
3 gal lemon
2 gal can spicy bell pepper

Planning to start
Pumpkin
Pineapple
BlackBerry
Cranberry
Riesling
Merlot

Been doing this for about 1.5 yrs and boy is it addictive.

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[ColemanM]

Finally got around to my backyard harvest. 14 pounds of raspberries. Making a 5 gallon batch. Maybe 2 make it into port?

 

[buckhorn]

I just started this hobby in Sept. 2013 I started with a couple kits and now am experimenting and learning by doing some 1 Gal recipes. I hope to continue learning and improve my wines.

Future
WinExpert Speciale Blackberry Port (3 Gal, 2010 vintage)
WinExpert Speciale Okanagan Peach Icewine (3 Gal, 2010 vintage)

Planning
Chocolate Covered Cherry Wine (1 Gal)
Dragon's Blood - Triple Berry, 2x Fruit (1 Gal)

Primary

Secondary
Cranberry-Cutie (Cranberry-Clementine) Wine (1 Gal) - Dec 2013
Dragon's Blood - Cranberry (1 Gal) - Dec 2013

Bulk Aging
Pumpkin Pie Wine (1 Gal) - Nov 2013
Dragon's Blood - Triple Berry (1 Gal) - Nov 2013

Bottled
WinExpert Speciale Chocolate Raspberry Port (3 Gal) - Sept 2013
WinExpert Island Mist Raspberry Peach Sangria (6 Gal) - Sept 2013